Carica papaya belonging to the Caricaceae family is an effective medicinal herb that is used as a folk medicine for the treatment of various diseases throughout the world including Bangladesh. It can be used for treatment of a numerous diseases like warts, corns, sinuses, eczema, cutaneous tubercles, glandular tumors, blood pressure, dyspepsia, constipation, amenorrhoea, general debility, expel...

Rubber biosynthesis takes place on the surface of rubber particles. These particles are surrounded by a monolayer membrane in which the rubber transferase is anchored. In order to gain better insight into whether rubber particles from different plant species share common structural characteristics, the micromorphology of rubber particles from Ficus carica, Ficus benghalensis, and Hevea brasilie...

A study was conducted to evaluate the protective effect of aqueous seed extract of Carica papaya L. on gentamicin induced hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity in Wistar rats. A control group (Group I, n=12) was compared with rats administrated with 40 mg/kg gentamicin, once daily for 14 days (Groups II, III and IV, n=12 each). The effect of aqueous extract of Carica papaya L. at a dose level of 20...

We investigated the antiplasmodial properties of crude extracts from Carica papaya leaves to trace the activity through bioassay-guided fractionation. The greatest antiplasmodial activity was observed in the ethyl acetate crude extract. C. papaya showed a high selectivity for P. falciparum against CHO cells with a selectivity index of 249.25 and 185.37 in the chloroquine-sensitive D10 and chlor...

Cytoplasmic chloroplast DNA was explored to establish genetic relationships among Ficus carica cultivars and elucidate the molecular evolution of the species. The results suggest the occurrence of haplotype and nucleotide diversity. Conserved group I intron sequence motifs were detected and showed a common secondary structure, despite the presence of some mutations on their sequences. The neigh...

it has been reported that latex and extracts of different species of ficus are cytotoxic to some human cancerous cell lines. in this study, cytotoxicity of fruit and leaf extracts as well as the latex of ficus carica l. on hela cell line were evaluated. ethanolic extracts of leaves and fruits were prepared through percolation and ethyl acetate and dichloromethane extracts were prepared by reflu...

a total of 13 species of coccomorpha (hemiptera) from three scale insect families; coccidae (3), diaspididae (5) and pseudococcidae (5) have been found on ficus carica l. (moraceae) in iran. diaspidiotus braunschvigi (rungs) (diaspididae) is recorded as new record in iran, described and illustrated based on adult females. species that have been previously recorded on f. carica, are listed, and ...

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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The ripe dried fruit of Ficus carica Linn. (Moraceae) commonly known as "Fig" has medicinal value in traditional system of medicine for its use in gastrointestinal and inflammatory disorders. AIM OF THE STUDY To rationalize the medicinal use of Fig (Ficus carica) in gastrointestinal and inflammatory disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS The aqueous-ethanolic extrac...

BACKGROUND Ficus carica Linn. is reported to possess variety of activities, but its potential in CNS disorders is still to be explored. OBJECTIVE The present study was carried out to evaluate the CNS depressant activity of aqueous acetonic extract of Ficus carica Linn on different models in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS The aerial parts of the plant Ficus carica L. were extracted with aqueous...