Phytopharmacology of Ficus religiosa

Herbs have always been the principal form of medicine in India. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to the presence of various complex chemical substances of different composition, which are found as secondary plant metabolites in one or more parts of these plants. Ficus religiosa (L.), co...

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Autores principales: Chandrasekar, S. B., Bhanumathy, M., Pawar, A. T., Somasundaram, T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Short Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22228961
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.70918
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author Chandrasekar, S. B.
Bhanumathy, M.
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Somasundaram, T.
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description Herbs have always been the principal form of medicine in India. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to the presence of various complex chemical substances of different composition, which are found as secondary plant metabolites in one or more parts of these plants. Ficus religiosa (L.), commonly known as pepal belonging to the family Moraceae, is used traditionally as antiulcer, antibacterial, antidiabetic, in the treatment of gonorrhea and skin diseases. F. religiosa is a Bo tree, which sheltered the Buddha as he divined the “Truths.” The present review aims to update information on its phytochemistry and pharmacological activities.
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spelling pubmed-32499212012-01-06 Phytopharmacology of Ficus religiosa Chandrasekar, S. B. Bhanumathy, M. Pawar, A. T. Somasundaram, T. Pharmacogn Rev Short Review Herbs have always been the principal form of medicine in India. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to the presence of various complex chemical substances of different composition, which are found as secondary plant metabolites in one or more parts of these plants. Ficus religiosa (L.), commonly known as pepal belonging to the family Moraceae, is used traditionally as antiulcer, antibacterial, antidiabetic, in the treatment of gonorrhea and skin diseases. F. religiosa is a Bo tree, which sheltered the Buddha as he divined the “Truths.” The present review aims to update information on its phytochemistry and pharmacological activities. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3249921/ /pubmed/22228961 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-7847.70918 Text en Copyright: © Pharmacognosy Reviews http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249921/
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