Bioactivities of the genus Combretum (Combretaceae): A review

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 9142-9206

  De Morais Lima, Gedson Rodrigues ^a   De Sales, Igor Rafael Praxedes ^a   Filho, Marcelo Ricardo Dutra Caldas ^a   De Jesus, Neyres Zínia Taveira ^a   De Sousa Falcão, Heloina ^a   Barbosa Filho, José Maria ^a   Cabral, Analúcia Guedes Silveira ^a   Souto, Augusto Lopes ^a   Tavares, Josean Fechine ^a   Batista, Leônia Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; Combretaceae; Combretum; Medicinal plants; Natural products; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

AFRICAN MEDICINE; CHEMISTRY; COMBRETUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; COMBRETUM; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84865507633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules17089142     Document Type: Review

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