ANJEER (F. CARICA): A ESTEEMED FRUIT WITH PROMINENT PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTY: REVIEW

Anjeer, F.carica linn. goes to family Moraceae. It is mainly found in warm climate in southwest Asia and eastern Mediterranean region from Turkey in east to Spain and Portugal in west. In India, it is mostly confined to western part of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow and Saharanpur), Karnataka (Bellary, Chitradurga and Srirangapatna) and Tamil Nadu. F.carica Contain essential phenolic acids, amino acids like leucine, tryptophan, phenylalanine, lysine, and histidine, vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin C, thymine, riboflavin and niacin, minerals like sodium, potassium, and calcium and carbohydrates which help in making our body strong and result in increasing the immunity. F.carica has been globally used in mainly like Anti-inflammation, Anti-pyretic, Antispasmodic, Anti-viral, Anti-platelet, and Anti-helminthic and so on. F.carica has scarce side effects in comparison to allopathic medicines. From above information about F.carica it confirms that it is an essential plant from ethno botanical, material Medica and nutritious point of sight.