Arjunolic acid: A new multifunctional therapeutic promise of alternative medicine

Biochimie

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1098-1109

  Ghosh, Jyotirmoy ^a,b   Sil, Parames C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antidiabetic; Antioxidant; Arjunolic acid; Organ pathophysiology; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ARJUNOLIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CROWN ETHER DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BIOMIMETICS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL PROTECTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; COMBRETUM; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TERMINALIA ARJUNA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; TRITERPENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 84877744215     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.01.016     Document Type: Review

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