Medicinal plants are the wealthy source of antibacterial agents and curatives. There is an urgent need for new antimicrobial agents, so the antimicrobial activity for Ruta graveolens L. and Ficus carica Linn. Crude extracts were evaluated for its inhibitory activity against some disease causing selected microorganisms. Root extract of Ruta graveolens L gave 8 and 7 mm inhibition zone against Es...

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...

As plants produce a huge amount of antioxidants they can represent a source of new compounds with antioxidant activities. From this point of view, the main goal of this research was to study the antioxidant activities of the Ficus carica through the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radicalscavenging method. Since DPPH assay has been largely used as a quick, reliable, and reproducible parame...

the use of chlorophyll fluorescence (chlf) technique was evaluated on nondestructive measurement of sugar content during fruit development. multivariate models, principal component analysis (pca), and partial least-squares regression (plsr), were developed for the classification and prediction of fructose, glucose, and sucrose in fig fruits. the results of this study showed a significant correl...

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 ...

Various polysaccharides purified from plants are considered to be biological response modifiers and have been shown to enhance immune responses. Ficus carica L. is a Chinese traditional plant and has been widely used in Asian countries for its anti-tumor properties. Ficus carica polysaccharides (FCPS), one of the most essential and effective components in Ficus carica L., have been considered t...

The latices of only 13 of a total of 46 species of Ficus examined contained appreciable proteolytic activity. Therefore, high proteolytic activity in the latex is not a distinguishing feature of the genus. The latex of F. stenocarpa had the highest specific activity followed closely by the latices of F. carica and F. glabrata. Latices of 6 species of Ficus were examined by chromatography on CM-...

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...

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...

This study was aimed to investigate the effects of cream containing Ficus carica L. fruit (Fig) extract on various skin parameters such as skin melanin, erythema, moisture content, trans-epidermal water loss and sebum. For this purpose, formulation with 4% concentrated extract of F. carica fruit and base without extract were developed. Base served as a control. Both base and formulation were ap...