Ethnomedicinal review of Usnakantaka (Echinops echinatus Roxb.)

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 149-154

  Maurya, Santosh Kumar ^a   Kushwaha, Ashwini Kumar ^a   Seth, Ankit ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Apigenin; Ayurveda; echinaticin; Echinops echinatus; sexual disability

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXY 8,4' DIMETHOXY FLAVANONE 5 2 ALPHA LEVO RHAMNOPYRANOSYL 7 2 DEXTRO ARABINOPYRANOSYL (1-4) 2 BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; APIGENIN; APIGETRIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ECHINATICIN; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; PROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ASTERACEAE; AYURVEDA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; ECHINOPS ECHINATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNOBOTANY; LIVER PROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROSTATE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; WOUND HEALING;

ECHINOPS ECHINATUS;

EID: 84938891341     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.162138     Document Type: Review

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