Medicinal properties of Foeniculum vulgare Mill. in traditional Iranian medicine and modern phytotherapy

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-79

  Rahimi, Roja ^a   Ardekani, Mohammad Reza Shams ^a,b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fennel; Foeniculum vulgare Mill.; modern phytotherapy; pharmacological activity; traditional Iranian medicine

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ALDOSE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ANETHOLE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BERGAPTEN; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; ESSENTIAL OIL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; GALACTOGOGUE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MEFENAMIC ACID; MENSTRUATION INDUCING AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TIMOLOL;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALLERGY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANALGESIA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLADDER DISEASE; BRONCHODILATING ACTIVITY; CATARACT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COGNITION; COLIC; CYTOTOXICITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FENNEL; FEVER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; IRAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; MEMORY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH PROTECTION; TOXICITY; TRADITIONAL IRANIAN MEDICINE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

FEMALE; FOENICULUM; FORECASTING; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84871976020     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-013-1327-0     Document Type: Review

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