Medicinal history of North American Veratrum

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 671-694

  Chandler, Christopher M ^a   McDougal, Owen M ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bezold Jarisch reflex; Cancer; Hedgehog signaling pathway; Hypertension; Steroidal alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALKAVERVIR; CETUXIMAB; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; CYCLOPAMINE; GEMCITABINE; GERMITRINE; ISORUBIJERVINE; JERVINE; PLACEBO; PROTOVERATRINE; PROTOVERINE; SARIDEGIB; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERATRAMINE; VERATRUM ALKALOID; VERATRUM VIRIDE EXTRACT; VERAZINE; VISMODEGIB;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREAST CANCER; CHONDROSARCOMA; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMMON COLD; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MYELOFIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SNAKEBITE; SORE THROAT; SYNTHESIS; TERATOGENICITY; VASODILATATION; VERATRUM; VERATRUM ALBUM; VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM; VERATRUM FIMBRIATUM; VERATRUM INSOLITUM; VERATRUM TENUIPETALUM; VOMITING;

EID: 84930849226     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-013-9328-y     Document Type: Review

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