Phytochemistry and biology of loranthus parasiticus merr, a commonly used herbal medicine

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-35

  Moghadamtousi, Soheil Zorofchian ^a   Kamarudin, Muhamad Noor Alfarizal ^a   Chan, Chim Kei ^a   Goh, Bey Hing ^a   Kadir, Habsah Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biological Activity; Coriaria Lactone; Loranthaceae; Loranthus parasiticus; Mistletoe; Review; Scurrula parasitica

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CATECHIN; CORIANIN; CORIATIN; LACTONE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; TUTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INHIBITION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; EPILEPSY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LORANTHUS PARASITICUS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETICULOCYTE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; UPREGULATION; URINE VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ANTIMUTAGENIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CATECHIN; DIURETICS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LACTONES; LORANTHACEAE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICROTOXIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SESQUITERPENES; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS;

EID: 84893459305     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500025     Document Type: Article

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