A review: Medicinal importance of Glycyrrhiza glabra L. (Fabaceae Family)

Global Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-13

  Parvaiz, Muhammad ^a   Hussain, Khalid ^a   Khalid, Saba ^a   Hussnain, Nigam ^a   Iram, Nukhba ^a   Hussain, Zubair ^a   Ali, Muhammad Azhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antiviral Activities; Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Antibacterial; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; INTERFERON; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; NEOMINOPHAGEN C; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDEMULCENT ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTITUSSIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84893053985     PISSN: 19920075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.gjp.2014.8.1.81179     Document Type: Article

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