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36 Jung HW, Son HY, Minh CV, Kim YH, Park YK. Methanol extract of Ficus leaf inhibits the

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37 Pandit R, Phadke A and Jagtap A, Antidiabetic effect of Ficus religiosa extract in streptozotocininduced diabetic rats, J. Ethnopharmacol., 2010; 128:462-466.

38 Kirana H, Agarwal SS, Srinivasan BP. Aqueous extract of Ficus religiosa Linn reduce Oxidative

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39 Gupta VK, Gupta M and Sharma SK. Evaluation of antioxidant potential of  Ficus religiosa

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40 Krishanti MP, Rathinam X, Kasi M, Ayyalu D, Surash  R, Sadasivam K, Subramaniam S. A

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42 Smitha RB, Bennans T, Mohan KC and Benjamin S, Oxidative stress enzymes in Ficus religiosa

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43 Singh D, Goel RK, Anticonvulsant effect of Ficus religiosa: role of serotonergic pathways. J.

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44 Patil MS, Patil CR, Patil SW, Jadhav RB, Anticonvulsant activity of aqueous root extract of Ficus

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45 Preethi R, Devanathan VV and Loganathan M. Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Efficacy of Some

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46 Nair R, Chanda SV. Antibacterial Activities of Some Medicinal Plants of the Western Region of

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47 Uma B, Prabhakar K, Rajendran S. In vitro antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of

Ficus religiosa  L. and  Ficus bengalensis  L. against diarrhoeal enterotoxigenic  E. coli.

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48 Zaidi SFH, Yamadab K, Kadowakia M, Usmanghanic K and Sugiyamab T. Bactericidal activity

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49 Iqbal Z, Nadeem QK, Khan MN, Akhtar MS, Waraich, FN. In vitro anthelmintic activity of

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50 Dwivedi SC. Evaluation of leaf extracts for their ovicidal action against Callosobruchus

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51 Hemaiswarya S, Poonkothai M, Raja R and Anbazhagan  C. Comparative study on the

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52 Charde RM, Dhongade HJ, Charde MS and Kasture AV. Evaluation of antioxidant, wound

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53 Roy K, Shivakumar H and Sarkar S. Potential of Leaf Extracts of Ficus Religiosa on Wistar

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54 Murti K, Lambole V, Gajera V, Panchal M. Exploration of healing promoting potential of roots

of Ficus Religiosa. Pharmacologia, 2011; 2(12):374-378.

55 Choudhary GP. Evaluation of ethanolic extract of Ficus religiosa bark on incision and excision

wounds in rats. Planta Indica, 2006; 2(3): 17-19.  

56 Kaur H, Singh D, Singh B and Goel, RK. Anti-amnesic effect of Ficus religiosa in scopolamineinduced anterograde and retrograde amnesia Pharm Biol., 2010; 48:234–240     

57 Khan MSA, Hussain SA, Jais AMM, Zakaria ZA and Khan M. Anti-ulcer activity of  Ficus

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58 Williams DC. Proteolytic activity in the genus Ficus. Plant Physiol., 1968; 43:1083-1088 

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