Cornus mas: A review on traditional uses and pharmacological properties

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Hosseinpour Jaghdani, Fatemeh ^a   Shomali, Tahoora ^a   Gholipour Shahraki, Sajedeh ^a   Rahimi Madiseh, Mohammad ^b   Rafieian Kopaei, Mahmoud ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; Cornelian cherry; pharmacological effects; traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

CORNUS MAS EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPARASITIC THERAPY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHERRY; CHOLERA; CORNUS; CORNUS MAS; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEVER; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; LIVER; LIVER PROTECTION; MALARIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PROPHYLAXIS; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHNOBOTANY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEOPLASM; PHYTOTHERAPY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORNUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; ETHNOBOTANY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; METABOLIC DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT STEMS; SEEDS;

EID: 85028804722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2016-0137     Document Type: Review

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