Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees (kalmegh), a traditional hepatoprotective drug from India

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1181-1189

  Raina, Archana P ^a   Gupta, Veena ^a   Sivaraj, N ^a   Dutta, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

Author keywords

Andrographis paniculata; Andrographolide; Germplasm; Hepatoprotective; HPTLC; Kalmegh; Phytochemical variation

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; DICOTYLEDON; DRUG; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GERMPLASM; HERB; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT BREEDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WILD POPULATION;

INDIA; KERALA; ODISHA; TAMIL NADU;

ACANTHACEAE; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84874807427     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-012-9953-0     Document Type: Article

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