Therapeutic Potential of Essential Oils Focusing on Diterpenes

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1420-1444

  Islam, Md Torequl ^a,b   da Mata, Ana Maria Oliveira Ferreira ^a   de Aguiar, Raí Pablo Sousa ^a   Paz, Marcia Fernanda Correia Jardim ^a   de Alencar, Marcus Vinícius Oliveira Barros ^a   Ferreira, Paulo Michel Pinheiro ^a   de Carvalho Melo Cavalcante, Ana Amélia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

diterpenes; drug source; essential oils; phytotherapy; plant derived

Indexed keywords

13 HYDROXY 15 OXO ZOAPATLIN; 7 DEHYDROXY CONACYTONE; 7ALPHA 19 DIACETOXY ROYLEANONE; 7ALPHA METHOXY 19 ACETOXY ROYLEANONE; ACANTHOIC ACID; CAESALMININES A; CAESALMININES B; CAFESTOL PALMITATE; CASEARIN B; CLERODANE DERIVATIVE; DIOSBULBIN D; DITERPENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; KAURANE; LUTEOLIN; LUTEOLIN BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; MANOOL; NEOROGIOLTRIOL; ORIDONIN; PHYTOL; PIMARADIENOIC ACID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SANDARACOPIMARADIENE 3BETA OL; SANDARACOPIMARIC ACID; SECOFERRUGINOL; SUGIOL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID; TIGLIANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; GENOTOXICITY; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LIVER PROTECTION; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 84985911675     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5652     Document Type: Review

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