Sweetgum: An ancient source of beneficial compounds with modern benefits

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1-11

  Lingbeck, Jody M ^a   O'Bryan, Corliss A ^b   Martin, Elizabeth M ^a,c   Adams, Joshua P ^d   Crandall, Philip G ^a,b  

^a Sea Star International LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; antimicrobial; antioxidant; Liquidambar; storax; sweetgum

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIULCER AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CINNAMIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PESTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SHIKIMIC ACID; STORAX; SWEETGUM TREE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BARK; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COUGHING; EPILEPSY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIVER INJURY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SAP; PLANT SEED; PLANT STRUCTURES; REVIEW; SKIN ULCER; STOMACH ULCER; SWEETGUM TREE; TREE; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

AEDES AEGYPTI; FUNGI; LIQUIDAMBAR; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MUS; NEMATODA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; STYRAX OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84929393093     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156307     Document Type: Review

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