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FOOD REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 375-388Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2012.660716
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Antidiabetic; Anti-inflammatory; Antimicrobial; Antioxidant; Phenolic compounds; Protein; Oil; Sclerocarya birrea
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Sclerocarya birrea (Anacardiaceae) is a popular African wild tree distributed in many African countries where the leaves, stem bark, root, and fruits are used in food and traditional medicine; the fruit is rich in ascorbic acid. The fruit juice contains sesquiterpene hydrocarbon, which are terpenes found in plants that are reported to have bacteriostatic properties. The fruit contains a hard brown seed. The seed encloses a soft white kernel rich in oil and protein. The oil contains oleic, palmitic, myristic, and stearic acids; the kernel protein contains amino acids, with a predominance of glutamic acid and arginine. The extracts from different parts showed high total phenolic compounds and radical-scavenging capacities and antioxidant activities. Sclerocarya birrea is widely studied with regard to its antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antiparasitic, antimicrobial, and antihypertenisve activities.
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