The results obtained showed that borassus aethiopum has antiinflammatory. Borassus aethiopum african palmyrah palm shoots was analysed for its nutritional and antinutritional compositions. Please note that this is a trial program and may end. Several genera are restricted to islands in the indian ocean.
Borassus aethiopum mart ripe fruits parts, and drying. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of boiled hypocotyls food. Sixteen students and employees were selected as judges based on willingness to consume borassus juices and no history of negative allergic reactions. Mineral composition, antioxidant properties, phytochemical. The freshly purchased roots of borassus aethiopum of known weight were first soaked in cold water for 3 hours so as to soften the peel and facilitate its removal. Sensory analysis of the fruit juice of palmyrah palm borassus. The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of different drying methods on the mineral composition, antioxidant properties, antinutrient composition and phytochemical composition of the african palmyra palm app flour. The record derives from wcsp data supplied on 20120323 which reports it as an accepted name record 23000 with original publication details. Pdf borassus aethiopum, a threatened multiple purpose palm in. In burkina faso, it occurs in the eastern and centraleastern regions and naturally widespread in several localities. The total phenolic content was assessed by the folinciocalteau assay, the antioxidant capacity assayed by the phosphomolydbenum. Giginya borassus aethiopum palm is a tall tree with leathery, gray green, and fanshaped leaves. Borassus aethiopum is well adapted to fire and herbivory and prospers in areas with frequent burning and browsing. Head figure a sadhu, a devotee who has renounced the world and gone to live in a remote area made of the carved seed and mesocarp fiber of palmyra palm borassus flabellifer, tamil nadu, india.
Pdf nutritional and antinutritional profile of borassus. Enjoy unrestricted access to all content and features, including. Aphrodisiac properties of hypocotyls extracts of borassus. This female tree located close to a male one, was totally uprooted as it was in the path of hurricane andrew in august, 1992. Phenols was found to be absent in phoenix dactylifera and borassus aethiopum. Borassus aethiopum crown with hanging mature orange fruits.
Data collection employed a structured questionnaire, openended questions, and group discussion. Borassus aethiopum african fan palm, palmyra palm pfaf. Ecological structure and fruit production of african fan. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Isolation and characterization of a dihydrochalcone from sudanese borassus aethiopium mart stem bark and biological activity of ethanolic extract abdel karim. Borassus aethiopum, a potential medicinal source of. Our ethnomedicinal survey did not specifically focus on medicinal uses against malaria. Borassus aethiopum is a species of borassus palm from africa. The suitability of starch as a pharmaceutical excipient is based on its physicochemical properties. This page was last edited on 24 december 2019, at 10. Optimum activated carbon was prepared by physicochemical activation from borassus aethiopum shells bas using co2 and naoh as physical and chemical activating agents respectively. Systematic training of panelists to generate terms that describe and quantify the sensory characteristics of borassus juice enabled the profiling of the product. In benin, the boiled hypocotyl borassus aethiopum mart is one of the most common street foods consumed for its therapeutic properties. The starch was extracted by blending the peeled, boiled and cooled tubers of the plant.
Couple of palmyra palms borassus aethiopum left male, right female 11924875423. The tallest of the african palms, it can reach 30 m in height, but is typically 720 m. Research confirms that this plants compounds have anabolic properties that significantly increase protein synthesis while concomitantly reducing protein breakdown. However, it is as the main component of palm savannas for which it is best known. Mineral content per 100g dried sample indicates the presence mg 640mg, ca 433. Thereafter, analyses were performed for fat, protein, total sugars, calcium ca, phosphorus p, magnesium mg, and fatty acid. Distilled water was added and the starch recovered using a calico cloth. Dendrometric and fruit production parameters such as. Comparative analysis of the adsorption of heavy metals in.
Stems erect, up to 20 m, with a distinct swelling above the middle. Sensory analysis of the fruit juice of palmyrah palm. The peel was carefully removed manually from the soaked roots followed by thorough washing and draining. All the seed except borassus aethiopum were found to contain tannin and steroids. In subsaharan africa, the fan palm borassus aethiopum mart. Borassus species, african palmyra palm, borassus palm. Sensory, panel, acceptability, pectinase, borassus aethiopum. The free radical scavenging activity of both flour and bread samples is. Studies on functional properties of borassus starch from. Previous studies indicated its fruit flour has a great potential in food applications. Leaves crowded on top of the stem, fanshaped, bluegreen up to 4 m including the petiole. Antioxidant and free radical scavenging properties of an.
The dominant sugar was sucrose 47 mgml followed by glucose 24. There are only two fruiting borassus aethiopum trees in the us, both being in florida. It is widespread across much of tropical africa from senegal to ethiopia and south to northern south africa, though it is largely absent from the forested areas of. Borassus aethiopum is indigenous to tropical africa. West african plants a photo guide borassus aethiopum mart. Pdf development and evaluation of african palmyra palm. One of these is palm wine, which has an important role for nutrition, income and social life. The matured palm flowers were cleaned and washed with water for free from impurities. Pdf potential of borassus aethiopum shells as precursor. We used the case study of the palm species borassus aethiopum. African palmyra palm borassus aethiopum grows widely across africa.
Ecological structure and fruit production of african fan palm borassus aethiopum populations. Borassus aethiopum can form dense almost monospecific forest stands or is a component of more diverse riverine forest. Shrikes feed on fruits of the date palm, and in northeastern queensland, australia, the cassowary ingests fruits and disperses seeds of several rainforest palms calamus and linospadix. The present study was aimed at investigating the possible antioxidant properties of the aqueous fruit extract of this plant. One study even found that an extract of borassus aethiopum increased muscle. The proximate analyses revealed that the vitex doniana and borassus aethiopium fruits have moisture content of 30. The two largest genera, hyphaene and borassus, are also the most widespread. Borassus aethiopum is an evergreen tree growing to 20 m 65ft by 5 m 16ft at a slow rate. These two districts are recognized for their dynamism in borassus production and in marketing of hypocotyles. Ars germplasm resources information network boae integrated taxonomic information system boae wildlife. Firstly, the mature fruits parts sepals, peels, pulps, and seeds were assessed. Biosorption and kinetic study on methylene blue dye. Alkaloids and free anthraquinone in all the aqueous extract of the fruits but none contains anthracene, glycoside, carotenoid and phlobotannin.
In this study, the antioxidant, antimicrobial and antiinflammatory activities of an ethanolic extract of the fruit of borassus aethiopum was investigated. The tribe ranges from southern africa and madagascar north through the arabian peninsula to india, indochina, indonesia and new guinea. Other articles where borassus aethiopum is discussed. The aim of this work was to study borassus aethiopum dried pulp nutritional value for its incorporation in poultry diets. Ecological structure and fruit production of african fan palm stands in benin were studied on the basis of surveys laid out in ten 10 populations located in three ecological zones. The present work is a first attempt at characterizing the genetic diversity of this palm species as well. It was then evaluated for its ability to remove malachite green dye. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Potential for utilisation of borsassus aethiopum fan palm in construction in ghana joshua ayarkwa forestry research institute of ghana forig kul11asi. Ghana borassus aethiopul1l is a nontimber tree which grows in the tiw1sitional and savanna zone of chana and the sllhregioll. A very large palmate palm, with a hard, black trunk, and a skirt of dead leaves underneath the crown. Borassus aethiopum is well adapted to fire and herbivory and prospers in.
In the rural areas of developing countries palms are major sources of many products. The cleaned plant materials were sun dried for ten days and cut into small pieces. Free sugars were determined by hplc in the extracted borassus juice. Neighbourhood analysis in the savanna palm borassus aethiopum 81 m1, mounds ca. The fieldwork and collection of samples was done in ghana in the greater accra, brong ahafo, and volta regions. Pdf ecological structure and fruit production of african fan palm. The second consisted of a freelisting of the usereports of b. Borassus aethiopum,a potential medicinalsource of antioxidants. This study was aimed at evaluating the physicochemical properties of borassus aethiopum starch bas. Neighbourhood analysis in the savanna palm borassus. However, the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of boiled hypocotyl food sellers are poorly known despite the high contamination potential of these street foods. It is an important source of food for the rural people of. Borassus aethiopum mart family arecaceae, commonly known. Borassus flabellifer, borassus aethiopum, palmira palm.
Borassus aethiopum and to compare the chemical composition of hypocotyls with its medicinal virtues or qualities. Transferability, development of single sequence repeat. Traditional knowledge and cultural importance of borassus. In the present work, the suitability of app fruitwheat composite. Borassus aethiopum mart family arecaceae, commonly known as the african fan palm, is a tropical plant species found widely across africa, and used globally for both medicinal and nonmedicinal purposes. General information african fan palm is a robust to massive, singlestemmed, evergreen palm with an unbranched stem that can ultimately reach 20 30 metres long by 40 50cm diameter, swollen at the base to 85cm, and in old age at about 50 years also swollen above the midpoint to about 80cm diameter. Borassus aethiopum the young germinating shoot of this african palm tree is used as an aphrodisiac in nigeria. The palmyra palm, sometimes called the african fan palm, borassus aethiopum, is an important food source in ghana and other african countries. The palm flower borassus aethiopum was gathered from local area of vellore district, tamil nadu. Borasseae is a tribe in the palm subfamily coryphoideae. Among its multipurpose uses, the exploitation of its seedlings or hypocotyls koboula in local yaana language is the main activity which provides financial income to indigenes. The experimental study was conducted at the university of cocody ivory coast. These photos, taken in july, 2003, come from the one in miamis fairchild tropical garden.
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