Impact of seasons and dioecy on therapeutic phytoconstituents of Tinospora cordifolia, a Rasayana drug

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Choudhry, Namrta ^a   Singh, Shweta ^b   Siddiqui, Mohammad Badruzzaman ^a   Khatoon, Sayyada ^b  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ANTIOXIDANT; BERBERINE; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PHENOL; STARCH; SUGAR; TANNIN; TINOSPORASIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; DIOECY; FEMALE; FEMALE PLANT; GENDER; HARVESTING; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IC50; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SUMMER; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; WINTER; CHEMISTRY; INDIA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TINOSPORA;

TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; INDIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TINOSPORA;

EID: 84907408477     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/902138     Document Type: Article

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