Pharmacological and toxicological evaluation of Urtica dioica

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-180

  Dar, Sabzar Ahmad ^a   Ganai, Farooq Ahmad ^a   Yousuf, Abdul Rehman ^a   Balkhi, Masood Ul Hassan ^b   Bhat, Towseef Mohsin ^c   Sharma, Poonam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^c ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Antidiabetic; Antiinflammatory; Artemia salina; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

2 O CAFFEOYLMALIC ACID; 2,6,10,15 TETRAMETHYLHEPTADECANE; BUTYLETRADECYL ESTER; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; FLAVANOID; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HEPTADECYL ESTER; HEXYLOCTYL ESTER; HYDROCINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOMETACIN; ISORHAMNETIN 3 O RUTINOSIDE; NEOPHYTADIENE; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PEONIDIN 3 O RUTINOSIDE; PHTHALIC ACID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; QUERCETIN 4 COUMAROYL GLUCOSIDE; ROSINIDIN 3 O RUTINOSIDE; RUTOSIDE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTEMIA SALINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LC 50; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING; URTICA DIOICA;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARRAGEENAN; CHLOROFORM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEXANES; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METHANOL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOLVENTS; STREPTOZOCIN; TIME FACTORS; URTICA DIOICA; WATER;

ARTEMIA SALINA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 84872473890     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2012.715172     Document Type: Article

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