Cornus mas L. (cornelian cherry), an important European and Asian traditional food and medicine: Ethnomedicine, phytochemistry and pharmacology for its commercial utilization in drug industry

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2016, Pages 670-690

  Dinda, Biswanath ^a   Kyriakopoulos, Anthony M ^b   Dinda, Subhajit ^c   Zoumpourlis, Vassilis ^d   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^e   Velegraki, Aristea ^f   Markopoulos, Charlambos ^g   Dinda, Manikarna ^h  

^a TRIPURA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Nasco AD Biotechnology Laboratory   (Greece)

^c Dasaratha Deb Memorial College   (India)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^g MEDI TRANS   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornelian cherry; Cornus mas L.; Ethnomedicine; Pharmacology; Phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN; ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CORNUS MAS EXTRACT; FATTY ACID; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GLUCOSE; IRIDOID; LIPID; MINERAL; MONOTERPENOID DERIVATIVE; NUTRACEUTICAL; PECTIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASIAN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROTECTION; CHERRY; CLINICAL STUDY; CORNUS MAS L; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG STRUCTURE; EUROPEAN; FRUIT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; LIVER PROTECTION; MEDLINE; NEUROPROTECTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION PROTECTION; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCIENCEDIRECT; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VASCULITIS; ASIA; CHEMISTRY; CORNUS; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT DISPERSAL; PROCEDURES;

ASIA; CORNUS; DRUG INDUSTRY; EUROPE; FRUIT; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT DISPERSAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84992188008     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.09.042     Document Type: Review

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