ABSTRACT

Traditional and/or

Economic Uses Research References

asperifolia Miq.

Africa Wound healing, treatment of infertility

Increased uterine growth in rats, anti-HIV (antiviral), stimulate growth of dermal broblasts

Abdullahi 2006, Ajose 2007, Annan and Houghton 2008, Watcho et al. 2009

awkeotsang Makino (F. pumila var. awkeotsang Corner)

China, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand

Fig produces a natural gel with outstanding value for food and pharmaceutical preparation

Nutritive proteins in the gel, pectinerase inhibition, antifungal

Chua et al. 2007, 2008, Hsiao et al. 2009, Li et al. 2005, Miyazaki et al. 2004, Wu et al. 2005

benghalensis L.