Chemical constituents and pharmacologic actions of cynomorium plants

Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 321-329

  Meng, Hao Cong ^a   Wang, Shuo ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Kuang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Ma, Chao Mei ^a  

^a INNER MONGOLIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti diabetes; Antioxidant; Cynomorium; Phenolics; Triterpenes

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CYNOMORIUM COCCINEUM EXTRACT; CYNOMORIUM SONGARICUM EXTRACT; DRUG METABOLITE; FLAVONOID; HEPATITIS C VIRUS PROTEASE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PROTEINASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALONALDEHYDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROID; TRITERPENE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ENZYME;

AMNESIA; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL PROTECTION; CYNOMORIUM; CYNOMORIUM SONGARICUM; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE; OBESITY; PLANT STEM; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 84880025347     PISSN: 20956975     EISSN: 18755364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-5364(13)60049-7     Document Type: Article

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