A review of hepatoprotective plants used in Saudi traditional medicine

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Al Asmari, Abdulrahman K ^a   Al Elaiwi, Abdulrahman M ^a   Athar, Md Tanwir ^a   Tariq, Mohammad ^a   Al Eid, Ahmed ^a   Al Asmary, Saeed M ^a  

^a Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANISE; ARTEMISIA SCOPARIA; BACOPA MONNIERI; BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; BEET; BLACK CUMIN; BOERHAVIA DIFFUSA; BRASSICACEAE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CELERY; CLIMBING PLANT; CLITORIA TERNATEA; COMMIPHORA; COMMIPHORA OPOBALSAMUM; CURCUMA LONGA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ERUCA SATIVA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FIG; GERMANDER; GREWIA; GREWIA MOLLIS; GREWIA TENAX; HALOXYLON; HALOXYLON SALICORNICUM; HUMAN; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PROCERA; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PARSLEY; PEGANUM HARMALA; PERGULARIA DAEMIA; PHYLLANTHUS; PHYLLANTHUS MADERASPATENSIS; PORTULACA OLERACEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHAZYA STRICTA; SARSAPARILLA; SAUDI ARABIA; SMILAX REGELII; SUAEDA MARITIMA; TAMARIX NILOTICA; TEPHROSIA PURPUREA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRIANTHEMA PORTULACASTRUM; TRIBULUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84944922725     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/890842     Document Type: Review

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