Mimosa pudica L. (Laajvanti): An overview

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 115-124

  Ahmad, Hafsa ^a   Sehgal, Sakshi ^a   Mishra, Anurag ^a   Gupta, Rajiv ^a  

^a BABU BANARASI DAS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; aphrodisiac; diuretic; Mimosa pudica; pulvini; symbionts

Indexed keywords

5,7,3',4' TETRAHYDROXY 6 C [ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSYL (1-2)] BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL FLAVONE; 5,7,4' TRIHYDROXY 8 C [ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSYL (1-2) BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL FLAVONE; 7,8,3',4' TETRAHYDROXY 6 C [ALPHA RHAMNOPYRANOSYL (1-2)] BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSYL FLAVONE; ABSCISIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CEREBROSIDE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DIAZEPAM; DIURETIC AGENT; GLYCOSIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; JASMONIC ACID; MIMOSA PUDICA EXTRACT; PHYTOSPHINGOSINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; STEROID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTRACEPTION; DEPRESSION; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIVER TOXICITY; MIMOSA PUDICA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SEIZURE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALBUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYMBIONT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WOUND HEALING;

FABACEAE; IMPATIENS; MIMOSA PUDICA;

EID: 84866693722     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99945     Document Type: Review

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