Resistance, pharmacology properties and nutritional value of a shrub from arid environments Atriplex halimus

Research Journal of Medicinal Plant

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 10-18

  Mohammedi, Zohra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MASCARA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Atriplex halimus; Bioactive compounds; Diabetes; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS EXTRACT; INSECTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATRIPLEX HALIMUS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; HUMAN; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OSMOTIC STRESS; PLANT WATER USE; SALT STRESS; SALT TOLERANCE; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROPERTY; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; WATER STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84947968744     PISSN: 18193455     EISSN: 21517924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/rjmp.2016.10.18     Document Type: Article

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