A review on ethnobotany, phytochemistry and pharmacology of plant genus Caralluma R. Br

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1351-1368

  Adnan, Muhammad ^a   Jan, Saleem ^b   Mussarat, Sakina ^a   Tariq, Akash ^a   Begum, Shaheen ^c   Afroz, Anila ^a   Shinwari, Zabta Khan ^d  

^a KOHAT UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BANNU   (Pakistan)

^c FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; chemical compounds; conservation; ethnopharmacology; toxicology

Indexed keywords

CARALLUMA ADESECNSE EXTRACT; CARALLUMA ARABICA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA ATTENUATE EXTRACT; CARALLUMA BHUPENDERIANA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA DALZIELII EXTRACT; CARALLUMA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA EDULIS EXTRACT; CARALLUMA EUROPAEA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA LACIANTHA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA LONGIPETALA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA NEGEVENSIS EXTRACT; CARALLUMA NILAGIRIANA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA OXYACANTHA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA PAUCIFLORA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA PENICILLATA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA QUADRANGULA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA RETROSPICIENS EXTRACT; CARALLUMA RUSSELIANA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA SINAICA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA STALAGMIFERA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA TUBERCULATA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA UMBELLATA EXTRACT; CARALLUMA WISSMANNII EXTRACT; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE TOXICITY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTI ECZEMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOBESITY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; APOCYNACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BURN; CARALLUMA; CARALLUMA ADSCENDENS; CARALLUMA ARABICA; CARALLUMA ATTENUATE; CARALLUMA BHUPENDERIANA; CARALLUMA DIAZIELLI; CARALLUMA DIFFUSA; CARALLUMA EDULIS; CARALLUMA EUROPAEA; CARALLUMA FIMBRIATA; CARALLUMA LACIANTHA; CARALLUMA NEGEVENSIS; CARALLUMA NILAGIRIANA; CARALLUMA OXYACANTHA; CARALLUMA PAUCIFLORA; CARALLUMA PENICILLATA; CARALLUMA QUADRANGULA; CARALLUMA RUSSELIANA; CARALLUMA SINAICA; CARALLUMA STALAGMIFERA; CARALLUMA TUBERCULATA; CARALLUMA UMBELLATA; CARALLUMA WISSMANNII; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DRUG ACTIVITY; DYSENTERY; ETHNOBOTANY; FEVER; FOOD PRESERVATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOLIPEMIA ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY PAIN; LENTIGO; LEPROSY; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MIGRAINE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PARALYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRURITUS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCER; WOUND; XEROPHYTE; CHEMISTRY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOCYNACEAE; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84925965163     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: 20427158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12265     Document Type: Article

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