Phytopharmacology of Ficus religiosa

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 195-199

  Chandrasekar, S ^a   Bhanumathy, M ^a   Pawar, A ^b   Somasundaram, T ^a  

^a Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

^b ACHARYA AND B M REDDY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; antidiabetic; antiulcer; ficus religiosa (L.); pharmacological activities; phytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA SITOSTEROL DEXTRO GLYCOSIDE; CATALASE; CHLOROFORM; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; FATTY ACID; FICIN; FICUS RELIGIOSA EXTRACT; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMICELLULOSE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LATEX; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENYTOIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASCARIDIA; ASCARIDIA GALLI; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPICULURIS TETRAPTERA; AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BARK; BODY WEIGHT; BURN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL LIVER LEVEL; CONVULSION; DIETARY FIBER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FICUS; FICUS CARICA; FICUS GLABRATA; FICUS GLOMERATA; FICUS INSPIDA; FICUS RELIGIOSA; FRUIT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HELMINTH; IMMUNOMODULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM NOTATUM; PEROXIDATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SYPHACIA OBVELATA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VAMPIROLEPIS NANA; WOUND;

FICUS RELIGIOSA; MORACEAE;

EID: 79957559208     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.70918     Document Type: Short Survey

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