Phytochemical and biological assessments on Lipidium meyenii (maca) and Epimidium sagittatum (horny goat weed)

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-36

  Qureshi, Mahmood ^a   Mehjabeen, ^b   Noorjahan, ^c   Muhammad, Shafi ^d   Siddiqui, Faheem Ahmed ^a,e   Baig, Iftikhar ^a   Ahmad, Mansoor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

^c DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diuretic; Infertility; Lipidium meyenii

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALOID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; DIAZEPAM; DIURETIC AGENT; EPIMEDIUM EXTRACT; EPIMEDIUM SAGITTATUM EXTRACT; FUROSEMIDE; IMIPRAMINE; LEPIDIUM MEYENII EXTRACT; PROTEIN; TANNIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; EPIMEDIUM; EPIMEDIUM SAGITTATUM; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR TEST; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FORCED SWIM TEST; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REPRODUCTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DIURESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDIUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACETIC ACID; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DIURESIS; DIURETICS; EPIMEDIUM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY AGENTS; LEPIDIUM; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85008600033     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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