A review: Ethnobotanical survey of genus Leucas

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 100-106

  Das, Surya Narayan ^a   Patro, Varanasi Jaganath ^b   Dinda, Subas Chandra ^c  

^a Gayatri College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b ROLAND INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c BERHAMPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioactive constituents; ethno medical information; Leucas

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CHICANINE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; INSECTICIDE; LEUCAS ASPERA EXTRACT; LEUCAS CEPHALOTES EXTRACT; LEUCAS INDICA EXTRACT; LEUCAS LANATA EXTRACT; LEUCAS LAVANDULAEFOLIA EXTRACT; LEUCAS MARTINICENSIS EXTRACT; LEUCAS MOLLISSIMA EXTRACT; LEUCAS PLUKENETII EXTRACT; LEUCAS STELLIGERA EXTRACT; LEUCAS URTICAEFOLIA EXTRACT; LEUCAS ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; LIGNAN; MESODIHYDROGUAIARETIC ACID; NECTANDRIN; OCIMUM CANUM EXTRACT; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROID; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AFRICA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASIA; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLERA; COMMON COLD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CORNEA DISEASE; COUGHING; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ETHNOBOTANY; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; GENUS; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLUENZA; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LAMIACEAE; LEPROSY; LEUCAS ASPERA; LEUCAS CEPHALOTES; LEUCAS INDICA; LEUCAS LANATA; LEUCAS LAVANDULAEFOLIA; LEUCAS MARTINICENSIS; LEUCAS MOLLISSIMA; LEUCAS PLUKENETII; LEUCAS STELLIGERA; LEUCAS URTICAEFOLIA; LEUCAS ZEYLANICA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM CANUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SYPHILIS; THROAT DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TYPHOID FEVER;

LAMIACEAE; LEUCAS;

EID: 84866696423     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.99943     Document Type: Review

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