Borreria and Spermacoce species (Rubiaceae): A review of their ethnomedicinal properties, chemical constituents, and biological activities

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 46-55

  Conserva, Lucia Maria ^a   Ferreira, Jesu Costa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; borreria; flavonoids; iridoids; rubiaceae; spermacoce; terpenoids

Indexed keywords

ASPERULOSIDE; ASPERULOSIDIC ACID; ASTRAGALIN; BETA AMYRIN; BORRECAPINE; BORRECOXINE; BORRELINE; BORRERIAGENIN; BORRERINE; BORREVERINE; CAMPESTEROL; CARIOPHYLLENE; DAPHYLLOSIDE; DAUCOSTEROL; DEACETYLASPERULOSIDE; DEACETYLASPERULOSIDIC ACID; DEHYDROBORRECAPINE; FERETOSIDE; ISOBORREVERINE; ISORHAMNETIN; METHYL DEACETYLASPERULOSIDATE; NICOTIFLORIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; SCANDOSIDE; SPERMACOCEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERTICILLATINE A; VERTICILLATINE B;

AFRICA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLEEDING; BORRERIA ARTICULARIS; BORRERIA CENTRANTHOIDES; BORRERIA EUPATORIOIDES; BORRERIA HISPIDA; BORRERIA LAEVIS; BORRERIA LATIFOLIA; BORRERIA OCYMOIDES; BORRERIA PRINCEAE; BORRERIA PUSILLA; BORRERIA VERTICILLATA; DIARRHEA; EUROPE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEVER; HEADACHE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RUBIACEAE; SKIN DISEASE; SOUTH AMERICA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BORRERIA; RUBIACEAE; SPERMACOCE;

EID: 84862114394     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.95866     Document Type: Review

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