A review of the medicinal plants of genus Orthosiphon (Lamiaceae)

International Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 318-331

  Singh, Mukesh K ^a   Gidwani, Bina ^a   Gupta, Anshita ^a   Dhongade, Hemant ^a   Kaur, Chanchal Deep ^a   Kashyap, Pranita P ^b   Tripathi, D K ^c  

^a Shri Rawatpura Sarkar Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

^b MIT's Maharashtra Institute of Pharmacy   (India)

^c RUNGTA COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Orthosiphon; Pharmacological activities; Phytochemistry; Toxicity studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950264329     PISSN: 1819155X     EISSN: 21522561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijbc.2015.318.331     Document Type: Article

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