Botany, traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Waltheria indica L. (syn. Waltheria americana): A review

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 14-26

  Zongo, F ^a,b   Ribuot, C ^b   Boumendjel, A ^c   Guissou, I ^b  

^a University Grenoble Alpes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^c Université Joseph Fourier   (France)

Author keywords

Alkaloid; Anti inflammatory; Antibacterial; Antifungal; Flavonoid; Waltheria indica

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALKALOID; AMPICILLIN; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ARTEMISININ; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CHLOROFORM; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; EPICATECHIN; FLUCYTOSINE; GENTAMICIN; GOSSYPETIN; ISOQUERCITRIN; KAEMPFEROL; KAEMPFEROL 3 GALACTOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RIFAMPICIN; SAPONIN; STEROL; STREPTOMYCIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WALTHERIA INDICA EXTRACT;

ABSCESS; ALOPECIA AREATA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANEMIA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; BACILLUS CEREUS; BLADDER DISEASE; BOTANY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHLOASMA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONVULSION; COUGHING; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; ENTEROCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; EPILEPSY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GINGIVITIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMORRHOID; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INFERTILITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LENTIGO; LEPROSY; MALARIA; MALVACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCILAGE; NEOPLASM; NEURALGIA; NIGHT BLINDNESS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEUS MORGANELLA; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEDATION; SKIN ULCER; SORE THROAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMATITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYPHILIS; TAXONOMY; VISCERAL PAIN; WALTHERIA INDICA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HAWAII; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SOUTH AMERICA; STERCULIACEAE;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; WALTHERIA INDICA;

EID: 84878290703     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.03.080     Document Type: Review

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