Preventive care for gastrointestinal disorders; Role of herbal medicines in traditional persian medicine

Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Jahromi, Maryam Mosaffa ^a,b   Pasalar, Mehdi ^b,c   Afsharypuor, Suleiman ^d   Choopani, Rasool ^c   Mosaddegh, Mahmoud ^e   Kamalinejad, Mohammad ^f   Mohagheghzadeh, Abdolali ^a   Tamaddon, Ali Mohammad ^g   Lankarani, Kamran Bagheri ^h  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal diseases; Herbal medicine; Oriental traditional medicine; Preventive medicine; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ALOE EMODIN; ALOIN; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIULCER AGENT; BETA PINENE; GALLIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; GINGEROL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAXATIVE; LIMONENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN; RUTOSIDE; SHOGAOL; ZINGIBERENE;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; BRASSICA NIGRA; CLOVE; CROCUS SATIVUS; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLTA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GINGER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEMON; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; REVIEW; STOMACH;

EID: 84949907710     PISSN: 17357780     EISSN: 22287876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17795/jjnpp-21029     Document Type: Review

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