Minireview on Achillea millefolium Linn

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 246, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 661-663

  Akram, Muhammad ^a  

^a University of Poonch Rawalakot   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Efficacy; Literature review; Medicinal activity

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; ALKALOID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARTEMETIN; ASTRINGENT AGENT; AZULENE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHOR; CHAMAZULENE; CHOLERETIC AGENT; CHOLINE; CINEOLE; EDETIC ACID; ESSENTIAL OIL; GLUCOSIDE; RADICAL; SALICYLIC ACID; SESQUITERPENOID;

ACHILLEA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLEEDING DISORDER; CHICKENPOX; COUGHING; CYSTITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASES; DYSPEPSIA; ECZEMA; FEVER; GOUT; HEADACHE; HEMORRHOID; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIGESTION; INFLUENZA; JAUNDICE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; MALARIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PNEUMONIA; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTRINGENTS; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84890425333     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: 14321424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00232-013-9588-x     Document Type: Review

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