Phytochemical screening, investigation of carbohydrate contents, and antiviral activity of Juniperus phoenicea L. growing in Egypt

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-91

  El Sawi, Salma Ahmed ^a   Motawae, Hemaia Mohamed ^a   Sleem, Mohamed Aboul Fotouh ^b   El Shabrawy, Abdel Rahman Omar ^b   Sleem, Amani ^a   Ismail, Maii Abdel Naby ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

LD50; Phoenicean juniper

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; GENTAMICIN; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA EXTRACT; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; STREPTOMYCIN SULFATE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOHYDRATE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL OIL; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SHRUB;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; DRUG SCREENING; EGYPT; FRUIT; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LD 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAPER CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

EGYPT;

EID: 84889846972     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: 15403580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10496475.2013.825894     Document Type: Article

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