Ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Biophytum sensitivum DC

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 68-73

  Bharati, Abinash C ^a   Sahu, Alakh N ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Amentoflavone; angiogenesis; Biophytum sensitivum; seismonasty

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMENTOFLAVONE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; BIOFLAVONOID; BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVUM EXTRACT; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUTATHIONE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; ISOORIENTIN; ISOVITEXIN; LIPID PEROXIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; ORIENTIN; PECTIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SAPONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VITEXIN;

ABNORMAL BODY BUILD; AMENORRHEA; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; BURN; CONTUSION; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSMENORRHEA; EPILEPSY; ETHNOBOTANY; GONORRHEA; HABITAT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OXALIDACEAE; PHARMACOGNOSY; PHILIPPINES; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; POWDER; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE; ULCER; WOUND; WOUND HEALING; YELLOW FEVER;

BIOPHYTUM SENSITIVUM; OXALIDACEAE;

EID: 84862071346     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95893     Document Type: Review

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