Cucurbitacins - An insight into medicinal leads from nature

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 12-18

  Kaushik, Ujjwal ^a   Aeri, Vidhu ^a   Mir, Showkat R ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; cucurbitacin; triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITACIN;

ANTIARTHEROSCLEROTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CUCURBITACEAE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; FUTUROLOGY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

CUCURBITACEAE;

EID: 84929403310     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156314     Document Type: Review

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