Adansonia digitata

Adansonia digitata Baobob gum Eastern Africa Insoluble. 

Baobab (Adansonia digitata) mainland Africa, Madagascar... 

Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) A Review of Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology... 

In some areas the use of baobab milk is very common. The dried pulp is scraped from baobab fmits and made into a solutiom The milk is a highly nutritious drink ((5) cited in (4)). Baobab milk can be made from a mixture of baobab and acha flonr, or from baobab pulp alone. Acha (Digitaria exilis) and baobab (Adansonia digitata) grains are cleaned, fermented for 24 to 120 hours, dried and hammer-milled into fine flours. The mixtures can be composed of 70% acha and 30% baobab flours (70 30 protein basis) (5). 

The vernacular name for Adansonia digitata, baobab, means fruit with many seeds (25) (Figure 2). Murray et al. (31) reported that baobab seed flour is an important source of energy and protein. The baobab seed contains appreciable quantities of some nutrients like crade protein (28.4%), digestible carbohydrates (24.10%), and oil (29.7%) all expressed on a dry weight basis (Addy and Eka, 1984, cited in (32)). Besides, baobab seeds have high levels of lysine, thiamin, calcium, and iron (FAO, 1988, cited in (32)). Baobab seed can be classified as both protein- and oil-rich. It is also a very rich source of energy and has a relatively low fat value (14). 

Adansonia digitata root-bark and leaf methanol extracts have shown high antiviral activity (against Herpes simplex, Sindbis and Polio), together with viricidal (direct inactivation of virus particles) and also intracellular antiviral activity, which could indicate the presence of multiple antiviral compounds, or a single compound with multiple actions (17, 27). Whether such studies will show... 

Adansonia digitata L. is a multipurpose tree species widely used for food and medicine. 

Yazzie, D. VanderJagt, D.J. Pastuszyn, A. Okolo, A. Glew, H. The Amino Acid and Mineral Content of Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) Leaves. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 1994, 7, 189-193. 

Gebauer, J. El-Siddig, K. Ebert, G. Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) a Review on a Multipurpose Tree with promising future in the Sudan. Gartenbauwissenschaft. 2002, 67, 155-160. 

Obizoba, I.C. Anyika, J.U. 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. 1994, 46, 157-165. 

Shukla, Y.N. Dubey, S. Jain, S.P. Kumar, S. Chemistry, biology and uses of Adansonia digitata - a review. Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Sciences. 2001, 23, 429-434. 

Wickens, G.E. Chapter 15 The uses of the baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Africa. In Taxonomic aspects of African economic botany, editor, Kunkel, G., 1979. 

Sibide, M. Williams, J.T. Baobab - Adansonia digitata. Fruits for the future 4, International Centre for Undemtilised Crops, Southampton, UK, 2002. 

Igboeli, L.C. Addy, E.O.H. Salami, L.I. Effects of some processing techniques on the antinntrient contents of baobab seeds (Adansonia digitata). Bioresource Technology. 1997, 59, 29-31. 

Obizoba, I.C. Amaechi, N.A. The effect of processing methods on the chemical composition of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) pulp and seed. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1993, 29, 199-205. 

Vertuani, S. Braccioli, E. Buzzoni, V. Manfredini, S. Antioxidant capacity of Adansonia digitata fruit pulp and leaves. Acta Phytotherapeutica, 2002, 2 (V), 2-7. 

Ajayi, LA. Dawodi, F.A. Oderinde, R.A. Fatly acid composition and metal content of Adansonia digitata seeds and seed oil. La Rivista Italiana delle Sostanze Grasse. 2003, 80, 41-43. 

Al-Qaiawi, A.A. Al-Damegh, M.A. El-Mougy, S.A. Hepatoprotective Influence of Adansonia digitata Pulp. Journal of Herbs, Spices Medicinal plants. 2003,10 (3), 1-6. 

Diop, A.G. Sakho, M. Domier., M. Cisse, M. Reynes, M. Le baobab afrioain (Adansonia digitata L.) principales caracteristques et utihsations. Fruits. 2005, 61, 55-69. 

Nnam, N.M. Obiakor, P.N. Effect of fermentation on the nutrient and antinutrient composition of baobab (Adansonia digitata) seeds and rice Oryza sativa) grains. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 2003, 42, 265-277. 

Nour, A. A. Magboul, B.I. Kheiri, N.H. Chemical composition of baobab frait (Adansonia digitata L.). Tropical Sciences. 1980, 22, 383-388. 

Osman, M.A. Chemical and nutrient analysis of baobab (Adansonia digitata) frait and seed protein solubility. Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 2004, 59, 29-33. 

Ramadan, A. Harraz, F.M. El-Mougy, S.A. Anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic effects of the fruit pulp of Adansonia digitata. Fitoterapia. 1993, 65,418-422. 

Airan J W, Desai R M 1954 Sugars and organic acids in Adansonia digitata (Linn.) fruit. Univ Bombay J 22 23-27... 

Bombacaceae Adansonia digitata LM Wound periderm formation 124... 

Ogaji JI, Omachi JA, Iranloye TA. Effect of Adansonia digitata gum on some physicochemical properties of paracetamol pediatric suspension formulations. Int J Res Pharm Sci. 2 (2) 75-83, 2012. 

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