Leonurus cardiaca L. (Motherwort): A review of its phytochemistry and pharmacology

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1115-1120

  Wojtyniak, Katarzyna ^a   Szymański, Marcin ^a   Matławska, Irena ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Leonurus cardiaca L; motherwort; pharmacology; phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DITERPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; HYPERIN; INDOMETACIN; LAVANDULIFOLIOSIDE; LEONURIN; LEONURUS CARDIACA EXTRACT; MELATONIN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TOFISOPAM; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMENORRHEA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHRONOTROPISM; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSMENORRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LEONURUS; LEONURUS CARDIACA; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REVIEW; SEDATION; SKIN INJURY; SLEEP DISORDER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

LEONURUS; LEONURUS CARDIACA;

LEONURUS CARDIACA L; MOTHERWORT; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; LEONURUS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STEROLS; TERPENES;

EID: 84880744498     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4850     Document Type: Review

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