Abstract
Ficus bengalensis Linn (Moraceae) is a plant that is widely distributed in India. To the Hindus it is sacred and worshipped with special prayers on Vata Sawitri day. In traditional medicines it is used for healing obstruction of urine flow, diarrhea, dysentery, conjunctivitis, scabies and diabetes. So it has been a subject of chemical, biological and pharmacological interest since a long time. Its chemical investigation shows that it contains Bengalenosides that is, glycosides or flavonoids, ketones, flavonols, pentacyclic triterpenes and triterpenoids, coumarin, sterols, tiglic acid esters, alpha-Dglucose and meso-inositol. The aqueous or alcoholic extracts of various parts of this plant were found to have various pharmacological activities for example, antidiabetic, hypocholesterolemic, hypolipidemic, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiallergic and anti-tumor activity. In this review, we have investigated the pharmacological activities of F. bengalensis Linn (Moraceae) and discussed its various chemical constituents that may be responsible for these multi-aspect activity spectrums of this plant.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6393-6400 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Medicinal Plants Research |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 28 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 30 Nov 2011 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Ficus bengalensis
- Moracceae
- Pharmacoligical activity
- Phytochemical composition
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pharmacology
- Pharmaceutical Science
- Drug Discovery
- Plant Science
- Complementary and alternative medicine
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