Ethnobotany, phytochemistry, and bioactivity of the genus Turnera (Passifloraceae) with a focus on damiana - Turnera diffusa

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 424-443

  Szewczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Zidorn, Christian ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aphrodisiacs; Chemosystematics; Ethnomedicine; Passifloraceae; Pharmacology

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDE; DIANTHOSIDE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FATTY ACID; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; MONOTERPENOID; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SESQUITERPENOID; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADAPATOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIANXIETY ACTIVITY; ANTIAROMATASE ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOBESITY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APHRODISIAC ACTIVITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; LIVER PROTECTION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SPASMOLYTIC ACTIVITY; STOMACH PROTECTION; TURNERA; TURNERA DIFFUSA; TURNERA ULMIFOLIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PASSIFLORACEAE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PASSIFLORACEAE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; TURNERA;

EID: 84900353085     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.01.019     Document Type: Review

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