Phytopharmacological overview of Tribulus terrestris

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 45-51

  Chhatre, Saurabh ^a   Nesari, Tanuja ^a   Somani, Gauresh ^b   Kanchan, Divya ^b   Sathaye, Sadhana ^b  

^a Department of Dravyaguana   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Pharmacology; saponin; tribulus terrestris

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABSORPTION; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE MEDICINE; DATA BASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DOWN REGULATION; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PLANT STRUCTURES; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84893562410     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.125530     Document Type: Review

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