Phytochemistry, biological activities, industrial and traditional uses of fig (Ficus carica): A review
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This review describes the traditional and industrial use of fig (Ficus carica) in medicine as remedies for health problems and its biological activities. It describes various ways of traditional use to treat various ailments like, inflammation, gastric problems and cancer. Phytochemical studies on fruits and leaves of fig plant have explored that they are rich in phenolics, organic acids and volatile compounds. Owing to rich and diversified presence of biologically active compounds, they possess various biological activities such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, anticancer, hepatoprotective, antidiabetic, antifungal, antiviral, antimutagenic, antipyretic, antituberculosis, anti-angiogenic, antiparisitic, hematostatis, anticonstipation and antiwarts activities.
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- Authors
- Hajam, T. A., & H, S.
- Affiliations
- Annamalai University (IN)
- Corresponding author
- Hajam, Towseef Ahmad
- ORCID
- Hajam, Towseef Ahmad
- Venue
- Chemico-Biological Interactions
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2022-12
- Volume
- 368
- Pages
- 110237
- ISSN
- 0009-2797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4307125470
- Semantic Scholar
- fab52df87d9c6165b6e2a2b775e875eada1a9d73
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 122
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 12
- FWCI
- 0.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Chemico-Biological Interactions (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Phytochemistry and biological activities of Ficus species
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Medicinal Plant Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Papaya Research and Applications
- Keywords
- Ficus carica, figs, phytochemistry, traditional medicine, medicinal plants, antioxidant activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anticancer activity, antibacterial activity, antifungal activity, hepatoprotection, antidiabetic activity, phenolic compounds, volatile compounds, organic acids, industrial applications
- MeSH terms
- Antioxidants, Plant Extracts, Plant Leaves, Ficus, Phytochemicals
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