Phytochemistry and pharmacology of berberis species

Pharmacognosy Reviews

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

  Mokhber Dezfuli, Najmeh ^a   Saeidnia, Soodabeh ^a,b   Gohari, Ahmad ^a,b   Kurepaz Mahmoodabadi, Mahdieh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Berberis; pharmacological effects; phytochemistry; zereshk

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BERBAMINE; BERBERINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; BERBERIS; BERBERIS AETNENSIS; BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM; BERBERIS ARISTATA; BERBERIS CROATICA; BERBERIS HETEROPHYLLA; BERBERIS HISPANICA; BERBERIS KOREANA; BERBERIS LYCEUM; BERBERIS REPENS; BERBERIS THUNBERGII; BERBERIS UMBELLATE; BERBERIS VULGARIS; BERES INTEGERRIMA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BOTANY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENUS; IRAN; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SPECIES; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

EID: 84893626396     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.125517     Document Type: Review

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