Phytochemical, therapeutic, and ethnopharmacological overview for a traditionally important herb: Boerhavia diffusa linn.

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mishra, Shikha ^a   Aeri, Vidhu ^a   Gaur, Praveen Kumar ^b   Jachak, Sanjay M ^c  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ITS Paramedical College (Pharmacy)   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE; STEROID; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANEMIA; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIURESIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SPASMOLYSIS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WOUND HEALING; CHEMISTRY; NYCTAGINACEAE;

HUMANS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; NYCTAGINACEAE; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84901761368     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/808302     Document Type: Article

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