The ethanolic extract of Ficus carica leaves was screened for hepatoprotective and antioxidant activity in hepatotoxic Albino rats induced via carbon tetrachloride. The degree of protection was measured by estimating biochemical parameters such as serum glutamate Oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT), serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase ( SGPT),totalprotein (TP), totalalbumin (TA), alkaline phosph...

The ripe fig (Ficus carica L) fruits of cultivar cv., 'Deanna' were steam treated at 90°C and 10 psi for 5 min in autoclave. Steamed fruits were dipped in sucrose, glucose, fructose and invert sugar syrups at 50°Brix for 24 h for getting desired total soluble solids content. The treated fruits were further dried to 20% moisture in a cabinet dryer at 50-55°C. Good quality and acceptable dried fi...

Component C can be formed from component D under the experimental conditions used during purification of Ficus carica variety Kadota latex. By use of the inhibitor, sodium p-chloromercuribenzoate, the 2 components have been purified to chromatographic homogeneity. The 2 components have identical molecular weights and amino acid composition. The only difference found between the 2 components is ...

Ficus carica L. is an important source of phenolic and flavonoid compounds with valuable pharmaceutical application across various diseases. The current study was carried out to investigate the influence Piriformospora indica elicitation on growth, production compounds, antioxidant capacity, expression level biosynthetic pathway genes in hairy root (HR) cultures F. carica. maximum improvement a...

The 900-odd species of Ficus (20, 21) constitute the most distinctive of the widespread genera of tropical plants. Figs have (a) a complex obligatory mutualism with their pollinating agaonid fig wasps, yet are found in almost all tropical habitat types and geographic locations [this sets them apart from ant-acacias (63-65), euglossine-orchids (24,26), moth-yuccas (45, 88, 89,), ant-epiphytes (6...

Abstract: Background: Endophytes are a rich source of bioactive natural products and suggested to contribute the biological or defense activities their host plants. Following our research on discovery metabolites from endophytes, Alternaria alternata was isolated leaves Ficus carica L. fam Moraceae. Materials Methods: Large scale cultivation endophytic strain carried out obtained extract subjec...

Growth in diameter of the fig (Ficus carica L. cv. Mission) fruit takes place in three distinct periods; two periods (I and III) of rapid growth are separated by a period (II) of slow growth. With respect to exposure to ethylene, the fruit exhibits a two phase response. Ethylene inhibits fruit growth in phase A (period I), the period of cell division, stimulates growth in early phase B (early p...