TI: Use of the Trolox assay to estimate the antioxidant content of seventeen edible wild plants of Niger.
AU: Cook-JA; VanderJagt-DJ; Dasgupta-A; Mounkaila-G; Glew-RS; Blackwell-W; Glew-RH
AD: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico
School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
SO: Life-Sciences. 1998, 63: 2, 106-110; 22 ref.
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PY: 1998
LA: English
AB: The antioxidant contents of the aqueous extracts of Adansonia digitata,
Balanites aegyptiaca, Bombax costatum, Boscia senegalensis, Capsicum spp., Cyperus
esculentus, Entada africana, Gynandropsis gynandra, Hibiscus esculentus, Hyphaene
thebaica, Leptadenia hastata, Parinari macrophylla, Parkia biglobosa, Phoenix
dactylifera, Sesbania pachycarpa, Tapinanthus globiferus and ataruhu (scientific
name unknown) were compared to those of spinach and potato. Of the 17 plants,
11 had a greater antioxidant content than spinach and 14 had a greater antioxidant
content than potato. The leaves of T. globiferus had the greatest antioxidant
content and the fruit of P. macrophylla had the lowest. In general, leaves contained
more antioxidants than fruit or seeds. It is concluded that the total antioxidant
capacity of the aqueous extracts was relatively high, indicating that the wild
plants of the western Sahel, Niger, may contain substantial amounts of water-soluble
flavonoid glycosides.
DE: antioxidants-; composition-; wild-plants; flavonoids-; multipurpose-trees;
forest-trees; minor-forest-products; okras-; dates-
OD: Adansonia-digitata; Balanites-aegyptiaca; Bombax-costatum; Boscia-senegalensis;
Capsicum-; Cyperus-esculentus; Entada-africana; Abelmoschus-esculentus; Hyphaene-thebaica;
Parkia-biglobosa; Phoenix-dactylifera; Hibiscus-; Leptadenia-; Parinari-; Sesbania-;
Tapinanthus-; Cleome-gynandra
GE: Niger-
ID: Gynandropsis-gynandra; Leptadenia-hastata; Parinari-macrophylla; Sesbania-pachycarpa;
Tapinanthus-globiferus; non-wood-forest-products; Gynandropsis
BT: Adansonia; Bombacaceae; Malvales; dicotyledons; angiosperms; Spermatophyta;
plants; Balanites; Zygophyllaceae; Sapindales; Bombax; Boscia; Capparaceae;
Capparidales; Solanaceae; Solanales; Cyperus; Cyperaceae; Cyperales; monocotyledons;
Entada; Mimosoideae; Fabaceae; Fabales; Abelmoschus; Malvaceae; Hyphaene; Arecaceae;
Arecales; Parkia; Phoenix; Asclepiadaceae; Gentianales; Chrysobalanaceae; Rosales;
Papilionoideae; Loranthaceae; Santalales; ACP-Countries; Francophone-Africa;
Least-Developed-Countries; Developing-Countries; West-Africa; Africa-South-of-Sahara;
Africa; Leptadenia; Parinari; Sesbania; Tapinanthus
CC: QQ070; QQ500; KK600; KK100; KK540
CD: Other-Produce; Food-Composition-and-Quality; Agroforestry; Forestry-General;
Forest-Products-Miscellaneous,-including-Minor-Forest-Products
PT: Journal-article
IS: 0024-3205
UD: 981016
AN: 981411654