Oleogum resin Guggulu: A review of the medicinal evidence for its therapeutic properties

International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-21

  Rout, Om Prakash ^a   Acharya, Rabinarayan ^b   Mishra, Sagar Kumar ^c  

^a Rajiv Lochan Ayurvedic Medical College   (India)

^b GUJARAT AYURVED UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UTKAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Chemical constituents; Commiphora wightii; Guggulu; Macroscopic features; Pharmacological activities; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; AMINO ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CARBOHYDRATE; CLOFIBRATE; DITERPENOID; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTER; GUGGULSTEROL; GUGGULSTERONE; GUGGULSTERONE E; GUGGULSTERONE Z; GUGGULU; HYDROCORTISONE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT RESIN; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; AYURVEDA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMIPHORA; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSMENORRHEA; DYSPEPSIA; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOMETRITIS; EPIGASTRIC FULLNESS; ERUCTATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GOUT; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; LOOSE FECES; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84865711293     PISSN: 22774343     EISSN: 22293566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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