| antimicrobial activities of the methanol extract, fractions and compounds from ficus polita vahl. (moraceae). | many plants of the family moraceae are used in the treatment of infectious diseases. ficus polita vahl., an edible plant belonging to this family is used traditionally in case of dyspepsia, infectious diseases, abdominal pains and diarrhea. the present work was designed to assess the antimicrobial activity of the methanol extract from the roots of f. polita (fpr), as well as that of its fractions (fpr1-5) and two of the eight isolated compounds, namely euphol-3-o-cinnamate (1) and (e)-3,5,4'-tri ... | 2011 | 21269424 |
| plasmodium falciparum: assessment of selectivity of action of chloroquine, alchornea cordifolia, ficus polita, and other drugs by a tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay. | a tetrazolium-based colorimetric selective assay (mtt-based csa) was developed to assess the selectivity of antimalarial drugs. this in vitro assay, unlike all others, measures the ability of drugs to indirectly protect red blood cells (rbcs) from plasmodium-falciparum-induced destruction. optimum incubation time and number of cells needed were 5 days and 23 × 10(6) rbcs per well, respectively. a parasitemia range of 0.375% to 3% was found to be suitable for this assay. the mtt-based csa determi ... | 2011 | 22312574 |
| replacement effects of panicum maximum with ficus polita on performance of west african dwarf goats. | the replacement value of ficus polita for panicum maximum was evaluated on 32 female post-weaned west african dwarfs goats. ficus polita was fed with p. maximum at different proportions of 0:90 (f. polita:p. maximum), 30:60, 60:30 and 90:0 constituting diets 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. each diet was supplemented with 10% cassava peels. dry matter intake per kg metabolic weight of goats was not significantly (p> 0.05) influenced by the dietary treatments. however, crude protein intake per kg meta ... | 2011 | 20666857 |
| comparative in vitro effects of azt and extracts of ocimum gratissimum, ficus polita, clausena anisata, alchornea cordifolia, and elaeophorbia drupifera against hiv-1 and hiv-2 infections. | the effects of ocimum gratissimum (ghx-2), ficus polita (ghx-6), clausena anisata (ghx-7), alchornea cordifolia (ghx-26), elaeophorbia drupifera (ghx-27), and azt on in vitro hiv-1 and hiv-2 replication and cytopathicity were compared. all plant extracts inhibited hiv-1 strain htlviii(b) cytopathicity, the leaves of ghx-2 and the seeds of ghx-26 having high antiviral indices (110 and 90, respectively). against hiv-2 strain gh1, the ec(50) values ranged from <0.005 to 0.075 mg/ml when treatment w ... | 2003 | 12719004 |