Foeniculum vulgare Mill: A review of its botany, phytochemistry, pharmacology, contemporary application, and toxicology

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Badgujar, Shamkant B ^a   Patel, Vainav V ^a   Bandivdekar, Atmaram H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; ESTROGEN; FATTY ACID; FLAVONOID; FOENICULUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BOTANY; BRONCHODILATATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; ETHNOBOTANY; FENNEL; FOLIAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIVER PROTECTION; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STRESS; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FOENICULUM; GENETICS; PHYTOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

FOENICULUM; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84929940987     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/842674     Document Type: Review

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