Warburgia: A comprehensive review of the botany, traditional uses and phytochemistry

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 260-285

  Leonard, Carmen M ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro M ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial drimane sesquiterpernoids; Biological activity; Ethnobotany; Phytochemistry; Warburgia

Indexed keywords

DRUG THERAPY; FLAVONOID; MUKAADIAL; MUZIGADIAL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGODIAL; SESQUITERPENOID; UGANDENSIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARBURGANAL; WARBURGIA EXTRACT;

AFRICA; AFRICAN MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ETHNOBOTANY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAGNOLIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; REVIEW; STOMACH PAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRADITIONAL HEALER; WARBURGIA;

ANIMALS; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOBOTANY; HUMANS; MAGNOLIACEAE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; METHODS; PLANT EXTRACTS; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANELLACEAE; SCOPUS; WARBURGIA;

EID: 84964311478     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.02.021     Document Type: Review

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