The sweet and bitterness of sweet flag [Acorus calamus L.] - A review

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 598-610

  Mythili Avadhani, M N ^a   Immanuel Selvaraj, C ^a   Rajasekharan, P E ^b   Tharachand, C ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

asarone; Acorus calamus L.; Medicinal plant; Phytochemistry; Sweet flag

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ALPHA ASARONE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOBESITY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; APHRODISIAC AGENT; AZULENE; BETA ASARONE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; BUTYRIC ACID; CALAMINE; CAMPHOR; CELL DNA; DEHYDROABIETIC ACID; EUGENOL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INSECTICIDE; INSULIN; INSULIN SENSITIZING AGENT; ISOEUGENOL; LINOLENIC ACID; MUCIN; PALMITIC ACID; PESTICIDE; PINENE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ALLELLOPATHIC PROPERTY; ANOREXIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHODILATING ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COLIC; CONSTIPATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; INDIA; INDIGESTION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MUSCLE CRAMP; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHIZOME; SWELLING; TAXONOMY; THORAX PAIN; TOOTH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 84877825659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09758585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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