Hyperuricemia is a purine metabolism disorder characterised by an excess of uric acid in the blood and considered as risk factor for gout, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, variety other illnesses. Xanthine oxidase inhibitors have key role management hyperuricemia related disorders but multiple adverse effects associated with these agents minimized their chronic use. Ficus carica ...

Fig mosaic disease (FMD) is a viral disease that spreads in all Tunisian fig (Ficus carica L.) orchards. RT-PCR technique was applied to leaf samples of 29 fig accessions of 15 fig varieties from the fig germplasm collection of High Agronomic Institute (I.S.A) of Chatt-Mariem, to detect viruses associated to FMD. Analysis results show that 65.5% of the accessions (19/29) and 80.0% (12/15) of th...

This study aimed at determining the effects of propagation medium and cutting types on early growth performance fig (Ficus carica L.) root shoot. The experiment was conducted Glasshouse Nursery Complex (GNC), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). split-plot design employed with main plot (propagation medium) sub-plot (types cutting). were sand topsoil (1:3) (M1), topsoil, peat sawdu...

The use of chemotherapeutics induces cardiotoxicity and affects immune functions, therefore development of combinatorial agents against cardiotoxicity and immunosuppression needs to be explored. Previous studies of the hexane insoluble fraction (HIF) of an ethanolic extract of Ficus septica leaves showed anticancer effects singly and in combination with doxorubicin on T47D breast cancer cells. ...

The traditional definition of climacteric and non-climacteric fruits has been put into question. A significant example of this paradox is the climacteric fig fruit. Surprisingly, ripening-related ethylene production increases following pre- or postharvest 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) application in an unexpected auto-inhibitory manner. In this study, ethylene production and the expression of po...