Ficus pumila (Ivy) : medicinal properties in alcoholic extraction

Ficus pumila (Ivy) — family Moracées.

This database documents alcoholic (ethanol) extractions of active substances. Our monograph currently lists 11 indications in alcoholic extraction for this species. The monograph draws on 39 scientific references recorded for the species.

Therapeutic indications in alcoholic extraction:

Note: scientific reference excerpts are kept in their original language (most often English), without translation, to respect the source text of publications.

1. Adjuvant treatment for leukaemia : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Curcumine-like.
   According to Larbie C (2015): Conclusion: These findings suggest that crude extracts of FPS & FPL have antiproliferative effect on the leukemia cells. The antioxidant properties of the plant including phenolics may be partly responsible for the anti-proliferative activity. According to Larbie C (2018): Ficus pumila has been reported to be rich in phenols, hepatoprotective & antiproliferative on leukemic cancer cells.
2. Cancer : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: Curcumine-like.
   According to Larbie C (2018): Ficus pumila has been reported to be rich in phenols, hepatoprotective & antiproliferative on leukemic cancer cells. According to Éphraïm PL (2009): (Fig): Ethnobotany & potential as anticancer & anti-inflammatory agents.
3. Fish infection : Plant part used: Sheet. Documented pharmacological profile: tetracycline-like, Gentamycine-like, Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprime-like.
   According to Tkachenko H (2016): Antibacterial activity of ethanolic extracts obtained from the leaves of plants of various Ficus species, cultivated under glasshouse conditions, was assayed against the most common fish pathogen Pseudomonas fluorescens. fluorescens were the ethanolic extracts of the leaves of ten Ficus species: F. According to GONDA K (2025): However, a treatment for post-COVID-19 infection diabetes has not yet been established.

Further indications (including other extraction modes where applicable), dosages, precautions for use and full scientific references are available in the complete monograph.

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