Parsley: a review of ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and biological activities

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 815-826

  Farzaei, Mohammad Hosein ^a,b   Abbasabadi, Zahra ^a   Ardekani, Mohammad Reza Shams ^b   Rahimi, Roja ^b   Farzaei, Fatemeh ^c  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Jafari; Medicine, traditional; Petroselinum; Pharmacological processes

Indexed keywords

APIIN; APIOLE; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; MYRISTICIN; PARSLEY EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMENORRHEA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INFORMATION; DYSMENORRHEA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; PARSLEY; PHARMACOGNOSY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SPASMOLYSIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; UROLITHIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; PETROSELINUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84891354979     PISSN: 02552922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(14)60018-2     Document Type: Review

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