Lippia javanica (Burm.f.) Spreng.: Traditional and Commercial Uses and Phytochemical and Pharmacological Significance in the African and Indian Subcontinent

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2017, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Maroyi, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; AMINO ACID; FLAVONOID; IRIDOID; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; TRITERPENE;

AFRICAN; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHOLERA; COLD; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FEVER; HERBAL MEDICINE; HERBAL TEA; HUMAN; IC50; INDIAN; INFLUENZA; LIPPIA; LIPPIA JAVANICA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING; WOUND;

EID: 85010420423     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2017/6746071     Document Type: Review

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