Therapeutic effects of glycyrrhizic acid

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 415-418

  Ming, Lee Jia ^a   Yin, Adeline Chia Yoke ^a  

^a TAYLOR S UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anti diabetic; Anti inflammatory; Anti tumor; Anti viral; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Glycyrrhizic acid

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARCINOGENESIS; DRUG EFFECT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; HYPERMINERALOCORTICOIDISM; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOGLOBINURIA; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTASSIUM DEPLETION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TUMOR; SODIUM RETENTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84875791387     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1300800335     Document Type: Review

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