Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of Ficus carica Linn. leaves

Natural Product Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 460-465

  Ali, B ^a   Mujeeb, M ^a   Aeri, V ^a   Mir, S R ^a   Faiyazuddin, M ^a   Shakeel, F ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AL ARAB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Antioxidant activity; Ficus carica; Moraceae; Wistar albino rat

Indexed keywords

FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; FICUS; FIG; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EDEMA; FICUS; INDOMETHACIN; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

FICUS CARICA; HEXAPODA; MORACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 84857511655     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2010.488236     Document Type: Article

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