International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Abstract: Medicinal plants have always played a great role in preventing, controlling and alleviating various disease conditions. Ficus capensis Thunb. (Moraceae) leaves have been reported in literatures to possess anti-diarrhea properties and have been used as such by herbal practitioners in some parts of Benue State, Nigeria. This work examined the preliminary phytochemical constituents of the plant part using standard procedures and also the anti-diarrhea effects of the leaves of the plant in adult mice and albino rats us…