Heavy metals analysis, phytochemical, phytotoxic and anthelmintic investigations of crude methanolic extract, subsequent fractions and crude saponins from Polygonum hydropiper L

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ayaz, Muhammad ^a   Junaid, Muhammad ^a   Subhan, Fazal ^b   Ullah, Farhat ^a   Sadiq, Abdul ^a   Ahmad, Sajjad ^a   Imran, Muhammad ^a   Kamal, Zul ^c   Hussain, Sajid ^d   Shah, Syed Majid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAKAND   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR   (Pakistan)

^c Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University   (Pakistan)

^d KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic; Heavy metals and saponins; Phytotoxic; Polygonum hydropiper

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALBENDAZOLE; ALKALOID; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BUTANOL; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; HEAVY METAL; HEXANE; IRON; LEAD; LEVAMISOLE; NICKEL; PARAQUAT; PERSICARIA HYDROPIPER EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; STEROL; TANNIN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; N-HEXANE; SOIL; TRITERPENE;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCARIDIA GALLI; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAPHIRE POSTHUMA; NONHUMAN; PERSICARIA HYDROPIPER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PHYTOTOXICITY ASSAY; PLANT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ASCARIDIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; POLYGONUM; SOIL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALBENDAZOLE; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTHRAQUINONES; ASCARIDIA; FLAVONOIDS; HEXANES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; METALS, HEAVY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYGONUM; SAPONINS; SOIL; TANNINS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 84922252645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-465     Document Type: Article

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