Cardiovascular aspects of geriatric medicines in traditional Persian medicine; a review of phytochemistry and pharmacology

Phytomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1182-1189

  Zarshenas, Mohammad M ^a,b   Jamshidi, Sahar ^b   Zargaran, Arman ^c,d  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Geriatric; Persian medicine; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; COAGULATING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; POLYPHENOL; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRICS; HEART PROTECTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; MANAGED CARE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PERSIAN MEDICINE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; IRAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FLAVONOIDS; GERIATRICS; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; IRAN; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84959558101     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2016.01.014     Document Type: Article

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