Nutritional constituents and medicinal values of Momordica cymbalaria (Athalakkai) - A review

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Jeyadevi, R A ^a   Sivasudha, T ^a   Rameshkumar, A ^a   Sangeetha, B ^a   Ananth, D Arul ^a   Aseervatham, G Smilin Bell ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Insulin mimetic peptide; Micro propagation; Momordica cymbalaria; Nutritional composition

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIPHENOXYLATE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA FOETIDA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA TUBEROSA EXTRACT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABORTIFACIENT ACTIVITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIIMPLANTATION ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLIC; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG SCREENING; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEVER; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; GERMINATION; GOUT; GRAZING; HEART PROTECTION; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPOLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; INDIA; INFECTION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALARIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASLES; MICROPROPAGATION; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA; MOMORDICA FOETIDA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OVULATION INHIBITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITOSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT REGENERATION; PLANT STRUCTURES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL PROTECTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPLEEN DISEASE; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCER; URBANIZATION; WORM INFECTION; WOUND;

EID: 84862182206     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60206-8     Document Type: Article

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