Phoenix dactylifera Linn.(PIND KHARJURA): A review

International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-451

  Ateeq, Ahmad ^a   Sunil, Soni Dutta ^a   Varun, Singh K ^a   Santosh, Maurya K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Pharmacology; Phoenix dactylifera; Phytochemistry; Pind kharjura; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; CAROTENOID; FLAVONOID; GALLIC ACID; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROCYANIDIN; STEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIHYPERLIPIDEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BRONCHITIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; COUGHING; DATE (FRUIT); DIARRHEA; DRUG ACTIVITY; FATIGUE; FEVER; GONORRHEA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATURIA; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; LEPROSY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SARCOMA 180; STOMACH ULCER; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VOMITING; WOUND;

EID: 84897919226     PISSN: 22774343     EISSN: 22293566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.04328     Document Type: Review

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