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- Title
Tongkat Ali: Eurycoma longifolia.
- Authors
Brinckmann, Josef; Brendler, Thomas
- Abstract
The article offers information on Tongkat Ali also known as Eurycoma longifolia, which is a slow-growing evergreen plant that belongs to the quassia family of shrubs and trees. Topics discussed include its discovery in 1822 by a Scottish botanist and medical practitioner William Jack; its use in cosmetics, food, and medicine industry; and its antimalarial, anticancer, and antidiabetic characteristics.
- Subjects
THERAPEUTIC use of plant extracts; ANTI-infective agents; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC agents; APHRODISIACS; BACKACHE; CONSERVATION of natural resources; COSMETICS; DRUG adulteration; FEVER; FURUNCULOSIS; GINSENG; HERBAL medicine; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC agents; IMPOTENCE; MALARIA; MEDICINAL plants; PLANT roots; GASTRIC diseases; SYPHILIS; SUSTAINABILITY
- Publication
HerbalGram, 2019, Issue 122, p6
- ISSN
0899-5648
- Publication type
Article