Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Ficus carica: A review

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1487-1503

  Badgujar, Shamkant B ^a,b   Patel, Vainav V ^a   Bandivdekar, Atmaram H ^a   Mahajan, Raghunath T ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

^b NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological activities; Ethnomedicne; Fig

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMYLASE; ANTHOCYANIN; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; FICUS CARICA EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LATEX; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ASCITES; BEE STING; BRONCHITIS; BURN; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DYSMENORRHEA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEVER; FIG; FRUIT; HEART DISEASE; HEMORRHOID; HEMOSTASIS; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOLIPEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; JAUNDICE; LEPROSY; LEUKODERMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASM; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OTALGIA; PARALYSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SPASMOLYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; TAXONOMY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ULCER; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VISUAL DISORDER; WEAKNESS; WOUND; ANIMAL; FICUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER DISEASES; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

FICUS CARICA;

ANIMALS; FICUS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84912083433     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.892515     Document Type: Review

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