Ficus carica; isolation and quantification of the photoactive components *

@article{Zaynoun1984FicusCI,  title={Ficus carica; isolation and quantification of the photoactive components *},  author={Shukrallah Zaynoun and B. G. Aftimos and Lanja A. Ali and K. K. Tenekjian and U. Khalide and Amal K. Kurban},  journal={Contact Dermatitis},  year={1984},  volume={11},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:26987319}}
The results show that psoralen and bergapten are the only significant photoactive compounds, and are present in appreciable quantities in the leaf and shoot sap but are not detected in the fruit or its sap.

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