The Pharmaceutical importance of Althaea officinalis and Althaea rosea: A review

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1378-1385

  Al Snafi, Ali Esmail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THI QAR   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Althaea officinalis; Althaea rosea; Constituents; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

ALTHAEA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ALTHAEA ROSEA EXTRACT; AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; CODEINE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; DROPROPIZINE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; PECTIN; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SCOPOLETIN; STARCH; SUCROSE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTHAEA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COUGHING; CYTOTOXICITY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG ACTIVITY; EAR EDEMA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATION; MUCILAGE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84883476289     PISSN: 09744304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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