Trachyspermum ammi

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 56-60

  Bairwa, Ranjan ^a   Sodha, R S ^a   Rajawat, B S ^a  

^a JAIPUR NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ajwain; antimicrobial; Apiaceae; fruit (seed); trachyspermum ammi

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; AFLATOXIN; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BETA PINENE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; GALACTOGOGUE; GLYCOSIDE; IRON; LEVAMISOLE; NICOTINIC ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TERPINEN 4 OL; TERPINENE; THYMOL; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TUMOR; AMENORRHEA; ANOREXIA; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; APIACEAE; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATING ACTIVITY; BRUGIAN FILARIASIS; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DYSPEPSIA; FETOTOXICITY; FLATULENCE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; NEMATODIASIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STOMACH ULCER; STONE FORMATION; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

APIACEAE; TRACHYSPERMUM AMMI;

EID: 84862098799     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95871     Document Type: Review

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