In vivo anti-ulcer, anti-stress, anti-allergic, and functional properties of Gymnemic Acid Isolated from Gymnema sylvestre R Br

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Arun, Lilly Baptista ^a   Arunachalam, Aarrthy M ^b   Arunachalam, Kantha Deivi ^a   Annamalai, Sathesh Kumar ^a   Kumar, Kalaivani Amit ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Kaplan University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti allergic; Anti stress; Anti ulcer; Antioxidant activities; Gymnema sylvestre; Gymnemic acid; Leaf extract

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALOID; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; GYMNEMIC ACID; OMEPRAZOLE; PHENOL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAPONIN; SILICON DIOXIDE; STEROID; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE; TRITERPENOID; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIALLERGIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTISTRESS ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; EOSINOPHILIA; HEALING; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH ULCER; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MILK; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPIRIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; EOSINOPHILIA; GYMNEMA SYLVESTRE; MALE; MICE; MILK; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYPHENOLS; SAPONINS; STOMACH ULCER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TANNINS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84896301358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-70     Document Type: Article

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