Phytopharmacological and phytochemical properties of three ficus species-An overview

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Joseph, Baby ^a   Justin Raj, S ^a  

^a MALANKARA CATHOLIC COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antidiuretic; Antioxidant; Laxative; Pharmacological; Tannin

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; FICUS BENGALENSIS EXTRACT; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; FICUS RELIGIOSA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASTHMA; AYURVEDA; BARK; BLEEDING; BRONCHITIS; BURN; BURNING SENSATION; CALLUS; CHRONIC WOUND; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; DYSENTERY; DYSPHONIA; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FRUIT; GONORRHEA; GOUT; GRANULOMA; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INTOXICATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LYMPHADENITIS; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PAW EDEMA; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REVIEW; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SPLEEN DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STOMATITIS; SWELLING; ULCER; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VOMITING;

EID: 78649389239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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