Several aspects of Zingiber zerumbet: A review

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 385-391

  Koga, Adriana Y ^a   Beltrame, Flávio L ^a   Pereira, Airton V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Flavonoids; Phytochemistry; Terpenes; Toxicity; Zingiberaceae

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BORNEOL; CAMPHENE; CARYOPHYLLENE; CINEOLE; CITRAL; HUMULENE; KAEMPFEROL; LIMONENE; LINALOOL; MYRCENE; PINENE; SABINENE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPINENE; ZERUMBONE; ZINGIBERENE;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; HYPERTROPHY; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; ZINGIBER ZERUMBET;

EID: 84975082499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1981528X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjp.2016.01.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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