Pharmacological and chemical features of Nepeta L. genus: Its importance as a therapeutic agent

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 185-198

  Süntar, Ipek ^a   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^b   Barreca, Davide ^c   Fischer, Nicolas ^d   Efferth, Thomas ^d  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

biological activity; folk medicine; Lamiaceae; Nepeta; phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INSECT REPELLENT; LARVICIDAL AGENT; NEPETA BINALUDENSIS EXTRACT; NEPETA CATARIA EXTRACT; NEPETA FLAVIDA EXTRACT; NEPETA MENTHOIDES EXTRACT; NEPETA MEYERI EXTRACT; NEPETA SIBTHORPII EXTRACT; NEPETA SINTENISII EXTRACT; NEPETA UCRAINICA EXTRACT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG STRUCTURE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IC50; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELANOGENESIS; METABOLITE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEPETA; NEPETA BINALUDENSIS; NEPETA CATARIA; NEPETA FLAVIDA; NEPETA MENTHOIDES; NEPETA MEYERI; NEPETA SIBTHORPII; NEPETA SINTENISII; NEPETA UCRAINICA; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEPETA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 85031501610     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5946     Document Type: Review

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