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| Title: | Aerva lanata (Linn.) Juss. ex Schult. – An overview |
| Authors: | Rajesh, R
Chitra, K
Paarakh, Padmaa M |
| Keywords: | Aerva lanata
Amaranthaceae
Phytochemical constituents
Pharmacological activity |
| Issue Date: | Mar-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl. (2011.01) -- A61K 36/21 |
| Abstract: | Aerva
lanata (Linn.) Juss. ex Schult. (Family-Amaranthaceae)
is an important source of chemicals of immense medicinal and pharmaceutical
importance such as O-acyl glycosides, β-sitosterol, daucosterol, syringic acid,
vanillic acid, feruloyl tyramine, feruloyl homovanillylamine, narcissin and
aervitrine which are effective as diuretic, anthelmintic, antidiabetic,
expectorant and in the treatment of lithiasis and jaundice. Hence, considering
the importance of A. lanata an
attempt is made to present an overview of phytochemical and pharmacological
activities of this plant. |
| Page(s): | 5-9 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print) |
| Source: | IJNPR Vol.2(1) [March 2011]
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