Phytochemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, and clinical trial of Ficus racemosa

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 73-80

  Yadav, Rajnish Kumar ^a   Nandy, Bankim Chandra ^b   Maity, Siddhartha ^c   Sarkar, Srimanta ^d   Saha, Sudipta ^a  

^a BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Joyti Vidyapeeth Women's University ^*  (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Ficus racemosa; pharmacology; phytochemistry; toxicology; traditional uses

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIDIURETIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; FICUS RACEMOSA EXTRACT; GALACTOGOGUE; LATEX; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIURESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; BARK; CELL REGENERATION; FICUS RACEMOSA; FRUIT; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; POSTPRANDIAL HYPERGLYCEMIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; TOXICOLOGY; WOUND HEALING;

FICUS RACEMOSA;

EID: 84929402225     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156356     Document Type: Review

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