Xysmalobium undulatum (uzara) - Review of an antidiarrhoeal traditional medicine

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 156, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-146

  Vermaak, Ilze ^a   Enslin, Gill M ^a   Idowu, Thomas O ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro M ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Diarrhoea; Digitoxin; Digoxin; Uzara; Xysmalobium undulatum

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; CARDENOLIDE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDE; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; DIGITOXIN; DIGOXIN; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIPRAMINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE A INHIBITOR; MONOAMINE OXIDASE B INHIBITOR; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UZARIGENIN; UZARIN; XYSMALOGENIN; XYSMALORIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; APOCYNACEAE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHIRALITY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG CROSS REACTIVITY; DRUG MONITORING; DYSMENORRHEA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HERB; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UZARA; WOUND HEALING; XYSMALOBIUM UNDULATUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; APOCYNACEAE; CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT ROOTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84908394836     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.08.016     Document Type: Review

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