| useful ethnophytomedicinal recipes of angiosperms used against diabetes in south east asian countries (india, pakistan & sri lanka). | this paper is based on data recorded from various literatures pertaining to ethnophytomedicinal recipes used against diabetes in south east asia (india, pakistan and srilanka). traditional plant treatments have been used throughout the world for the therapy of diabetes mellitus. in total 419 useful phytorecipes of 270 plant species belonging to 74 angiospermic families were collected. from the review it was revealed that plants showing hypoglycemic potential mainly belong to the families, cucurb ... | 2014 | 25176368 |
| analysis of nutritional components of eight famine foods of the republic of niger. | in the western sahel, indigenous plants become important staples when cereal harvests are inadequate to support populations inhabiting that region of africa. the purpose of this study was to assess the nutrient content of several of these edible wild plants. the leaves of the following seven plant foods were analyzed: ziziphus mauritiana, cerathotheca sesamoides, moringa oleifera, leptadenia hastata, hibiscus sabdarifa, amaranthus viridis, and adansonia digitata. the fatty acid, vitamin e, carot ... | 1998 | 9839831 |
| nutrient composition of selected indigenous fruits from sub-saharan africa. | indigenous fruits constitute an important part of human diets in many sub-saharan african countries, particularly in rural areas and during droughts. in order to promote and expand the utilisation of these fruits, knowledge on their nutritional composition is essential. this review presents the results of a literature research of the nutritional composition of ten selected indigenous fruits from sub-saharan africa. species were selected based on their current importance as well as their future p ... | 2013 | 23633245 |
| antiplasmodial and antimycobacterial cyclopeptide alkaloids from the root of ziziphus mauritiana. | investigation of the meoh extract obtained from the root of the ziziphus mauritiana grown in thailand resulted in the isolation of two 14- and 13-membered cyclic alkaloids, mauritine l (1) and mauritine m (2), and three known cyclopeptide alkaloids, nummularines h (3), b (4) and hemsine a (5). their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive nmr spectroscopic analysis. the first single crystal x-ray diffraction study of the 13-membered ring cyclopeptide, nummularine b methiodide (4'), ... | 2011 | 21450320 |
| hypoglycemic activity of ziziphus mauritiana aqueous ethanol seed extract in alloxan-induced diabetic mice. | ziziphus mauritiana lamk. (rhamnaceae) is a fruit tree that has been used as folkloric medicine for many ailments and diseases. in the present study, the hypoglycemic effect of seed extract of ziziphus mauritiana in alloxan-induced diabetic mice was assessed. seed extract was administered orally at doses of 100, 400, and 800 mg/kg body weight (bw) and also in combination with glyburide (800 mg/kg seed extract and 10 mg/kg glyburide) to different groups of mice (normal and alloxan-treated diabeti ... | 2010 | 20645731 |
| anticancer potential of aqueous ethanol seed extract of ziziphus mauritiana against cancer cell lines and ehrlich ascites carcinoma. | ziziphus mauritiana (lamk.) is a fruit tree that has folkloric implications against many ailments and diseases. in the present study, anticancer potential of seed extract of ziziphus mauritiana in vitro against different cell lines (hl-60, molt-4, hela, and normal cell line hgf) by mtt assay as well as in vivo against ehrich ascites carcinoma bearing swiss albino mice was investigated. the extract was found to markedly inhibit the proliferation of hl-60 cells. annexin and pi binding of treated h ... | 2010 | 20953391 |
| nutrient limitation leads to penetrative growth into agar and affects aroma formation in pichia fabianii, p. kudriavzevii and saccharomyces cerevisiae. | among fermentative yeast species, saccharomyces cerevisiae is most frequently used as a model organism, although other yeast species may have special features that make them interesting candidates to apply in food-fermentation processes. in this study, we used three yeast species isolated from fermented masau (ziziphus mauritiana) fruit, s. cerevisiae 131, pichia fabianii 65 and pichia kudriavzevii 129, and determined the impact of nitrogen and/or glucose limitation on surface growth mode and th ... | 2015 | 25308873 |
| fermentation characteristics of yeasts isolated from traditionally fermented masau (ziziphus mauritiana) fruits. | yeast strains were characterized to select potential starter cultures for the production of masau fermented beverages. the yeast species originally isolated from ziziphus mauritiana (masau) fruits and their traditionally fermented fruit pulp in zimbabwe were examined for their ability to ferment glucose and fructose using standard broth under aerated and non-aerated conditions. most saccharomyces cerevisiae strains were superior to other species in ethanol production. the best ethanol producing ... | 2013 | 24029027 |
| yeasts and lactic acid bacteria microbiota from masau (ziziphus mauritiana) fruits and their fermented fruit pulp in zimbabwe. | masau are zimbabwean wild fruits, which are usually eaten raw and/ or processed into products such as porridge, traditional cakes, mahewu and jam. yeasts, yeast-like fungi, and lactic acid bacteria present on the unripe, ripe and dried fruits, and in the fermented masau fruits collected from muzarabani district in zimbabwe were isolated and identified using physiological and molecular methods. the predominant species were identified as saccharomyces cerevisiae, issatchenkia orientalis, pichia fa ... | 2007 | 17904237 |
| evaluation of the antioxidant effects of ziziphus mauritiana lam. leaf extracts against chronic ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity in rat liver. | chronic alcohol ingestion is known to increase the generation of reactive oxygen species (ros), thereby leading to liver damage. antioxidant enzymes act individually or in combination to reduce or counter the effect of these ros. chronic administration of alcohol at (40% v/v, 1 ml/100 g), for 6 weeks showed a significant (p<0.05) elevated levels of alanine aminotransferase (alt), aspartate aminotransferase (ast), alkaline phosphatase (alp), and total bilirubin (tb). there was also a significant ... | 2007 | 20162053 |
| augmentation of expression of immunocytes' functions by seed extract of ziziphus mauritiana (lamk.). | the present study was carried out to evaluate the immunomodulatory potential of ziziphus mauritiana (lamk.) seed extract to ascertain the folkloric claim as immunomodulator. | 2010 | 19887103 |
| polyphenol content and antioxidant activity of fourteen wild edible fruits from burkina faso. | a total of fourteen (14) species of wild edible fruits from burkina faso were analyzed for their phenolic and flavonoid contents, and their antioxidant activities using the dpph, frap and abts methods. the data obtained show that the total phenolic and total flavonoid levels were significantly higher in the acetone than in the methanol extracts.detarium microcarpum fruit had the highest phenolic and the highest flavonoid content,followed by that of adansonia digitata, ziziphus mauritiana, ximeni ... | 2008 | 18463567 |
| three new species of kerria (hemiptera: coccoidea: tachardiidae) from india. | three new species of kerria targioni-tozzetti from india, namely kerria pennyae ahmad & ramamurthy sp. nov. on schleichera oleosa from orissa, kerria dubeyi ahmad & ramamurthy sp. nov. on ficus bengalensis from bangalore and kerria varshneyi ahmad & ramamurthy sp. nov. on ziziphus mauritiana from punjab are described and illustrated, and a key is provided to species of kerria known from india. | 2013 | 25277926 |
| preharvest mycobial population of indian jujube fruits (ziziphus mauritiana lamk.) and their implications in postharvest pathogenesis. | a mycological survey was carried out on the fruit surface of indian jujube during its growth period (before harvest). a total of 32 microfungi belonging to 20 genera were isolated by surface washing technique. artificial inoculations with the isolated myco-propagules were also performed in mature jujube fruits and most of them were able to cause rot of varying severity. however, monodictys castaneae, eupenicillium lapidosum, paecilomyces fumosoroseus, trichurus spiralis and acremonium spp., alth ... | 1998 | 9926420 |
| ethnobotanical survey of medicinally important wild edible fruits species used by tribal communities of lesser himalayas-pakistan. | present survey was conducted to explore ethnomedicinal uses and cultural importance of wild edible fruits species by the inhabitants of lesser himalayas-pakistan. | 2013 | 23665057 |
| zizimauritic acids a-c, three novel nortriterpenes from ziziphus mauritiana. | zizimauritic acids a-c (1-3), three novel nortriterpenes with a unique a-nor-e-seco spiro-lactone ceanothane-type triterpene skeleton, together with 3 known triterpenes ceanothenic acid (4), betulinic acid (5), and ceanothic acid (6), were isolated from the roots of ziziphus mauritiana. compounds 1-4 showed cytotoxicities with the ic(50) values ranging from 5.05 to 11.94 μg/ml, and compounds 1 and 3 showed an inhibitory effect on the growth of staphylococcus aureus with the ic(50) values 2.17 an ... | 2012 | 22989532 |
| [species differentiation and quality assessment of ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa based on the hplc fingerprint and quantitative analysis]. | to establish an hplc method of a characteristical chemical fingerprint analysis in combination with simultaneous determination of four bioactive components for species differentiation and quality assessment of ziziphus jujuba var. spinosa. | 2012 | 23627084 |
| the effect of supplementation with fresh browse of ziziphus mauritiana or combretum aculeatum on feed intake, nitrogen utilization and growth of grazing range sheep. | the influence of 0, 60 or 120 min access to a grove of either ziziphus mauritiana (ziziphus) or combretum aculeatum (combretum) on forage intake and on the digestibility, growth and excretion of nutrients was determined using 40 oudah rams grazing for 7 h/day on poor-quality dry season pasture in the sahel. the effects of browse species and browsing duration (0, 30, 60 or 120 min) on the ruminal ammonia content were also evaluated using 8 mature fistulated rams. ziziphus increased both total dig ... | 2003 | 14620591 |