Phytochemicals, Antioxidant Activity and Ethnobotanical Uses of <i>Balanites aegyptiaca</i> (L.) Del. Fruits from the Arid Zone of Mauritania, Northwest Africa

Phytochemicals, Antioxidant Activity and Ethnobotanical Uses of <i>Balanites aegyptiaca</i> (L.) Del. Fruits from the Arid Zone of Mauritania, Northwest Africa

Phytochemicals and antioxidant activity of fruits of 30 <i>B. aegyptiaca</i> trees naturally growing in the hyper-arid and arid zones in Mauritania were evaluated by following standard procedures. Ethnobotanical uses of fruit pulps and kernel were assessed using a structured questionnair...

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Main Authors: Selouka Mint Abdelaziz, Fouteye Mint Mohamed Lemine, Hasni Ould Tfeil, Abdelkarim Filali-Maltouf, Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Plants
Subjects:
<i>balanites aegyptiaca</i>
the desert date
phytochemicals
antioxidant activity
folk medicine
aridity
mauritania
sahel
sahara
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/3/401

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