Review on natural coumarin lead compounds for their pharmacological activity

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Venugopala, K N ^a   Rashmi, V ^b   Odhav, B ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEGELINOL BENZOATE; AGASYLLIN; AMMORESINOL; ANTHOGENOL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; AURAPTENE; BERGAPTEN; CHARTREUSIN; COUMAMYCIN; COUMARIN; ESCULETIN; FELAMIDIN; FRAXIDIN; FRAXIN; GRANDIVITTIN; MARMELOSIN; MURRAYATIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OSTHOLE; OSTRUTHIN; PENTOSALEN; PHELLODENOL A; PSORALEN; RUTARETIN; UMBELLIFERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; XANTHYLETIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COUMARINS; HUMANS;

EID: 84876513440     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/963248     Document Type: Review

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