Tinospora crispa (L.) Hook. f. & Thomson: A review of its ethnobotanical, phytochemical, and pharmacological aspects

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Ahmad, Waqas ^a   Jantan, Ibrahim ^a   Bukhari, Syed N A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Pharmacological activities; Phytochemistry; Tinospora crispa; Toxicity studies; Traditional uses

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CISPLATIN; DITERPENE; FLAVANOID; GLYCOSIDE; LACTONE; LIGNAN; NUCLEOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROL; TAMOXIFEN; TINOSPORA CRISPA EXTRACT; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANCER CELL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEVER; FRACTURE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IC50; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; JAUNDICE; MALAISE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCABIES; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CRISPA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 84973120176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2016.00059     Document Type: Review

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