Phytochemical profile of sugarcane and its potential health aspects

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 45-54

  Singh, Amandeep ^a   Lal, Uma Ranjan ^b   Mukhtar, Hayat Muhammad ^c   Singh, Prabh Simran ^a   Shah, Gagan ^a   Dhawan, Ravi Kumar ^a  

^a KHALSA COLLEGE   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Shaheed Bhagat Singh College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Fatty acid; phenolic acids; phytochemistry; Saccharum officinarum

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; APIGENIN; CAFFEIC ACID; CHLOROGENIC ACID; CINNAMIC ACID; COUMARIC ACID; D 003; DEHYDROCONIFERYLALCOHOL 9' O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; ISOORIENTIN 7,3' O DIMETHYL ETHER; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; LUTEOLIN; OCTACOSANOL; ORIENTIN 7, 3' DIMETHYL ETHER; PLANT EXTRACT; POLICOSANOL; SINAPIC ACID; SUGARCANE WAX; TRICIN7 (2' RHAMNOSYL)ALPHA GALACTURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PRODUCT; REVIEW; SUGARCANE; SUGARCANE JUICE; SYRUP;

POACEAE; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

EID: 84929411145     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156340     Document Type: Review

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