A review on citrullus colocynthis schrad.: From traditional iranian medicine to modern phytotherapy

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 551-554

  Rahimi, Roja ^a   Amin, Gholamreza ^a,b   Ardekani, Mohammad Reza Shams ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOCYNTH EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANALGESIA; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; COLOCYNTH; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; IRAN; LIVER DISEASE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CITRULLUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84864354695     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2011.0297     Document Type: Review

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