Baobab - Scientific Bibliography


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NUTRACEUTICAL
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FOOD

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COSMETICS
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ANIMAL NUTRITION & ANIMAL HEALTH
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Scientific Bibliography
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CLICK TO FIND ARTICLES (Italian Libraries Only)	LANG	YEAR	TITLE (click to read abstract)
Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. 2000, 6: 3, 547 551; 15 ref.	ENG	2000	Nutrient composition of five "draw" leafy vegetables of Adamawa state, Nigeria.
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2000, 51: 3, 195 208; 47 ref.	ENG	2000	Energy and micronutrient composition of dietary and medicinal wild plants consumed during drought. Study of rural Fulani, northeastern Nigeria
Pharmaceutical Biology. 2000, 38: 1, 40 45; 13 ref.	ENG	2000	Investigation of medicinal plants of Togo for antiviral and antimicrobial activities.
Pharmaceutical Biology. 2000, 38: 1, 40 45; 13 ref.	ENG	2000	Further investigations on the antiviral activities of medicinal plants of Togo.
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 1999, 53: 1, 29 36; 22 ref.	ENG	1999	Mineral composition of non conventional leafy vegetables.
Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants. 1998	ENG	1998	Useful plants in traditional control of insect pests
Agroforestry Today. 1998, 10: 4, 7 9;10; 6 + 2 ref.	ENG	1998	A (and C) for Africa: the baobab tree as a source of vitamins. More on baobab's homegrown vitamin C: some trees have more than others consistently
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 1998, 52: 1, 17 30; 17 ref.	ENG	1998	Analysis of nutritional components of eight famine foods of the Republic of Niger.
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 1998, 75: 8, 1031 1035; 21 ref.	ENG	1998	Fat content and fatty acid composition of oils extracted from selected wild gathered tropical plant seeds from Nigeria .
Indian Journal of Animal Sciences. 1997, 67: 1, 82 83; 5 ref.	ENG	1997	Utilization of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) leaf meal for egg yolk pigmentation in layers.
Cahiers Agricultures. 1997, 6: 8, 553 560; 20 ref.	ENG	1997	Provitamin A content of traditional green leaves from Niger.
Life Sciences. 1998, 63: 2, 106 110; 22 ref.	ENG	1998	Use of the Trolox assay to estimate the antioxidant content of seventeen edible wild plants of Niger.
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 1997, 10: 3, 205 217; 19 ref.	ENG	1997	Amino acid, fatty acid, and mineral composition of 24 indigenous plants of Burkina Faso.
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 1996, 47: 6, 455 468; 51 ref.	ENG	1996	Nutrient composition and nutritional importance of green leaves and wild food resources in an agricultural district, Koutiala, in Southern Mali.
Rivista Italiana delle Sostanze Grasse. 1996, 73: 8, 371 373; 13 ref.	ENG	1996	The nutritive value of Baobab fruit (Adansonia digitata).
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 1996, 73: 2, 255 257; 21 ref.	ENG	1996	Fatty acid compositions of tigernut tubers (Cyperus esculentus L.), baobab seeds (Adansonia digitata L.), and their mixture.
Agroforestry Today. 1996, 8: 2, 13 15; 6 ref.	ENG	1996	Baobab homegrown vitamin C for Africa.
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 1996, 47: 1, 41 53; 45 ref.	ENG	1996	Mineral values of selected plant foods common to southern Burkina Faso and to Niamey, Niger, West Africa.
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 1994, 7: 3, 189 193; 35 ref.	ENG	1996	The amino acid and mineral content of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) leaves.
Fitoterapia. 1994, 65: 5, 418 422; 18 ref.	ENG	1994	Anti inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effects of the fruit pulp of Adansonia digitata.
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 1994, 46: 2, 157 165; 30 ref.	ENG	1994	Nutritive value of baobab milk (gubdi) and mixtures of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) and hungry rice, acha (Digitaria exilis) flours.
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 1991, 41: 2, 151 154; 6 ref.	ENG	1991	Evaluation of mineral elements and ascorbic acid contents in fruits of some wild plants.
Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1993, 29: 3, 199 205; 14 ref.	ENG	1993	The effect of processing methods on the chemical composition of baobab (Adansonia digitata. L) pulp and seed.
Forest Ecology and Management. 1994, 64: 2 3, 245 248; 14 ref.	ENG	1994	Nutritional value of edible fruits of indigenous wild trees in Malawi.
Tropical Science. 1992, 32: 3, 217 221; 19 ref.	ENG	1992	Dry matter, acidity and ascorbic acid contents of edible wild fruits growing in Malawi.
International Journal of Pharmacognosy. 1991, 29: 1, 51 56; 23 ref.	ENG	1991	Plants in Kano ethnomedicine; screening for antimicrobial activity and alkaloids.
Progress in Lipid Research. 1989, 28: 4, 303 336; 184 ref.	ENG	1989	Cyclic fatty acids: natural sources, formation during heat treatment, synthesis and biological properties.
Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 1989, 25: 3, 315 338; 143 ref.	FRE	1989	Anti infectious phytotherapies of the tree savanna, Senegal (West Africa) III: a summary of the phytochemical substances and the antimicrobial activity of 43 species.
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis; 14 (1) 37 42, 12 ref.	ENG	2001	Calcium analysis of selected Western African foods
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis; 14 (1) 3 13, 36 ref.	ENG	2001	Nutritional composition of some wild plant foods and honey used by Hadza foragers of Tanzania.
Dakar Med. 1997; 42(1): 68 73	FRE	1997	A baobab solution for the prevention and treatment of acute dehydration in infantile diarrhea
Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society; 75 (8) 1031 1035, 21 ref.	ENG	1998	Fat content and fatty acid composition of oils extracted from selected wild gathered tropical plant seeds from Nigeria
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1993 Dec 2; 1210(1): 27 34	ENG	1993	Inhibition of fatty acid delta 6 and delta 5 desaturation by cyclopropene fatty acids in rat liver microsomes
Food and Chemical Toxicology; 33 (5) 377 382, 28 ref.	ENG	1995	Modifications of hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme activities in rats fed baobab seed oil containing cyclopropenoid fatty acids
Ecology of Food and Nutrition; 35 (1) 43 58, many ref.	ENG	1996	Carotenoid values of selected plant foods common to Southern Burkina Faso, West Africa.
J Nutr. 1998 Nov; 128(11): 2014 22	ENG	1998	Low nutritional quality of unconventional tropical crop seeds in rats.
Pharm Acta Helv. 1989; 64(4): 116 20	FRE	1989	Bioavailability of prolonged liberation tablets of theophylline and paracetamol formulated in pulp from the fruit of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.)
Planta Med. 1988 Aug; 54(4): 374	ENG	1988	Antisickling activity of Adansonia digitata
Farmaco [Prat]. 1988 Oct; 43(10): 303 15	FRE	1988	A new excipient in pharmaceutical formulation of theophylline tablets of the hydrophilic matrix type: the pulp of the baobab fruit (Adansonia digitata L.)
Agroforestry Today (ICRAF). (1998). v. 10(4) p. 7 10	ENG	1998	A (and C) for Africa: the baobab tree as a source of vitamins.
Khartoum (Sudan). Jun 1996. 152 p	ENG	1996	Evaluation of Baobab solution for home management of diarrhoea in Sudanese children
Revue Francaise des Corps Gras (France). (Mar Avr 1994). v. 41(3 4) p. 53 59	FRE	1994	Effects of fresh and heated baobab seed oil feeding on growth, food consumption and weight of some organs in rats.
Reproduction Nutrition Development (France). (1992). v. 32(5 6) p. 498	FRE	1992	Effect of dietary baobab oil on the hepatic delta 9 desaturase in the rat.