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Anthelmintic activity of the latex of Ficus species.
Alziro de Amorin,Helcio Resende Borba,Jorge Pedro Pereira Carauta,Daíse Lopes,Maria Auxiliadora Coelho Kaplan +4 more
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The observed high acute toxicity with hemorrhagic enteritis, in addition to a weak anthelmintic efficacy, do not recommend the use of these lattices in traditional medicine.About:
This article is published in Journal of Ethnopharmacology.The article was published on 1999-03-01. It has received 124 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ficus insipida & Anthelmintic.read more
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Antiparasitic properties of medicinal plants and other naturally occurring products.
Senyo Tagboto,Simon Townson +1 more
TL;DR: This chapter has drawn together a comprehensive list of medicinal plants and other natural products that have been shown to have activity against human and, to a lesser extent, animal parasites.
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Medicinal plants for helminth parasite control: Facts and fiction
TL;DR: It is proposed that a holistic approach is required to evaluate the potential of medicinal plants in parasite control and maximise their benefits on parasitised hosts.
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Ficus carica L. (Moraceae): Phytochemistry, Traditional Uses and Biological Activities
TL;DR: The botanical features of Ficus carica L. (Moraceae), its wide variety of chemical constituents, its use in traditional medicine as remedies for many health problems, and its biological activities are described.
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Suppressors of Cancer Cell Proliferation from Fig (Ficus carica) Resin: Isolation and Structure Elucidation
TL;DR: Both the natural and the synthetic compounds showed in vitro inhibitory effects on proliferation of various cancer cell lines and identity was established by spectroscopic methods (NMR, MS) and confirmed by chemical synthesis.
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Ficus carica L. (Moraceae): an ancient source of food and health
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of Ficus carica and its potential as a source of new and different chemical scaffolds is discussed. But, the potential of the species to be used in bioproducts is not explored.
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Ficus enzymes. i. separation of the proteolytic enzymes of ficus carica and ficus glabrata latices.
TL;DR: It will be shown that the proteolytic enzymes of Ficus glabrata and Ficus carica latices differ chromatographitally and electrophoretically and that there are both qualitative and quantitative differences in the proteolic enzyme components from different varieties of F. carica.
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Preclinical and clinical studies with latex from ficus glabrata hbk, a traditional intestinal anthelminthic in the amazonian area
TL;DR: A safe dosage regimen with direct use of the latex has been elucidated to control intestinal helminthiasis in the Indian and non-Indian rural population.
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A proteolytic enzyme in ficin, the anthelmintic principle of leche de higueron
TL;DR: Leche de higueron is the sap of the Ficus ZuurifoZia, a tree which is very closely related to the domestic fig tree, and its anthelmintic action confirmed by several medical investigators who have noticed that it was particularly effective against Trichuris trichiura.