Sains Malaysiana 47(11)(2018): 2741–2755
http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2018-4711-17
Ficus carica and Bone Health: A Systematic Review
(Ficus carica dan Kesihatan Tulang:
Suatu Kajian Sistematik)
RUSZYMAH BT HJ
IDRUS*1,
NUR
QISYA
AFIFAH
VERONICA
SAINIK1,
AYU
SURAYA
ANSARI1,
MOHAMED
S.
ZULFARINA3,
RABIATUL ADAWIYAH RAZALI1, ABID
NORDIN1,
Aminuddin bin Saim2
& Isa Naina-Mohamed3
1Department of Physiology,
Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre,
Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak,
56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia
2Ear, Nose &
Throat Consultant Clinic, Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital, 68000,
Ampang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
3Pharmacoepidemiology
Unit, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar
Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia
Received: 1 February
2018/Accepted: 20 June 2018
ABSTRACT
Ficus carica, a native plant
to the Middle East and Western Asia, is of high value in folk
medicine. The therapeutic potential of Ficus carica has
led to the extensive studies in recent years, focusing on evaluating
and validating its pharmacological effect. The present systematic
review summarizes the effectiveness of Ficus carica on
promoting bone health focusing on osteoporosis and rheumatoid
arthritis via mineral contents and RANKL pathway.
The search was done with Medline via Ebscohost, Scopus and Google
Scholar databases to obtain relevant articles published between
1946 and December 2016. The main inclusion criteria were research
articles published in English that reported effect of Ficus
carica on bone health. The literature search returned 716 potentially
relevant articles, whereby 5 met the inclusion criteria. This
systematic review concludes Ficus carica plays an important
role in the promotion of bone health and can be a potential pharmaceutical
product in the future.
Keywords: Bone; Ficus
carica; osteoporosis; RANKL pathway; rheumatoid arthritis
ABSTRAK
Ficus carica ialah tumbuhan
asli di Timur Tengah dan Asia Barat mempunyai kepentingan dalam
perubatan tradisi. Potensi terapeutik Ficus carica telah
membawa kepada kajian mendalam tertumpu kepada pengesahan kesan
farmakologinya. Kajian sistematik ini mendalami keberkesanan Ficus
carica dalam membantu kesihatan tulang yang memfokus kepada
penyakit osteoporosis dan ‘reumatoid artritis’ melalui kandungan
mineralnya dan laluan RANKL.
Carian makalah telah dibuat menggunakan pangkalan data Medline
melalui Ebscohost, Scopus dan Google Scholar untuk mendapatkan
makalah berkaitan yang diterbitkan antara 1946 dan December 2016.
Kriteria serta utama untuk pemilihan makalah adalah penerbitan
dalam Bahasa Inggeris yang melaporkan kesan Ficus carica kepada
kesihatan tulang. Carian makalah menghasilkan 716 makalah yang
berpotensi dengan 5 makalah menepati kriteria rangkuman. Kesimpulan
kajian sistematik ini membuktikan bahawa Ficus carica memainkan
peranan penting dalam membantu meningkatkan kesihatan tulang dan
boleh dijadikan sebagai produk farmaseutik yang berpotensi pada
masa hadapan.
Kata kunci: Ficus carica; laluan RANKL; osteoporosis;
reumatoid artritis; tulang
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