Chrysobalanaceae: Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1181-1186

  Feitosa, Evanilson Alves ^a   Xavier, Haroudo Satiro ^a   Randau, Karina Perrelli ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Botany; Ethnopharmacology; Hirtella; Licania; Parinari

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; ASTILBIN; BETULIC ACID; CATECHIN; CHRYSOBALANACEAE EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; HYPERIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL 3 RHAMNOSIDE; KAURANE DERIVATIVE; LICANOLIDE; LUPEOL; MYRICETIN; MYRICETIN 3 ARABINOSIDE; NICOTIFLORIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; POMOLIC ACID; QUERCETIN; QUERCITRIN; RUTOSIDE; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; TOMENTIC ACID; TOMENTIC ACID GLUCOSYL ESTER; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AFRICA; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; CHRYSOBALANUS ICACO; DATA BASE; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LICANIA APETALA; LICANIA ARIANEAE; LICANIA CARII; LICANIA DENSIFLORA; LICANIA HETEROMORPHA; LICANIA LICANIAEFLORA; LICANIA PITTIERI; LICANIA PYRIFOLIA; LICANIA TOMENTOSA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PARINARI CAMPESTRIS; PARINARI CURATELLIFOLIA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 84866907354     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2012005000080     Document Type: Review

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