Anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and analgesic potential of cocos nucifera linn.: A review

Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Allergy Agents in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-164

  Dua, Kamal ^a   Sheshala, Ravi ^a   Ling, Teck Ying ^a   Ling, Shiau Hui ^a   Gorajana, Adinarayana ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Analgesic; Anti inflammatory; Antimicrobial; Cocos nucifera

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIDOTE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL; COCONUT OIL; DICLOFENAC; FLUCONAZOLE; FUROSEMIDE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LAURIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CANDIDIASIS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COCONUT; DRUG SAFETY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER INJURY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; WOUND;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COCOS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANT STRUCTURES;

EID: 84878643167     PISSN: 18715230     EISSN: 1875614X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871523011312020007     Document Type: Review

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