The Carob is the fru it of an evergreen (Ceratonia Siliqua L.) cult ivated in the Mediterranean area. The pulp represents 90% of the fruit. It has a high content of sugars and tannins and low contents of protein and fat. Carob powder or syrup is used as an ingredient in cakes and cookies and chocolate substitute. Carob powder contained high levels of carbohydrates (75.92%), (6.34% protein) and ...

We have recently shown that a polyphenol-rich insoluble dietary fibre preparation from carob pulp (Ceratonia siliqua L; carob fibre) decreased postprandial acylated ghrelin, TAG and NEFA during an acute liquid meal challenge test. However, delayed effects of carob fibre consumption are unknown. Therefore, a randomized controlled crossover study in nineteen healthy volunteers consuming foods wit...

Accepted 13 May 2009 Copyright © EEF ISSN 1399-1183 Mediterranean savannas are landscapes with a continuous herbaceous cover and scattered trees. Savannas are usually intermingled with patches of woodland, shrub-land, treeless grasslands, and crop-lands forming a complex mosaic. Heterogeneity in topography, soil and climate, interactions among species, and the superimposed selective activity of...

Fruit pods contain various beneficial compounds that have biological activities and can be used as a source of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. Although pods or pericarps are usually discarded when consuming the edible parts of fruits, they contain some compounds that exhibit biological activities after extraction. Most fruit pods included in this review contain polyphenolic component...

The genetic diversity of 15 carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) cultivars located in an experimental field from Algarve (Portugal) was evaluated over 7 years using 12 fruit and seed phenotypic characters, in order to characterize carob cultivars. The values of morphological traits obtained by cultivar were compared with those from other countries of the Mediterranean basin. Statistically significant d...

This study was carried out to determine the effects of acetic acid, hot water, and cold sand stratification scarification at different periods on seed germination carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) in Salah Alden province. The seeds were collected from Kirkuk province area September 2016. Carob stratified not treated by soaking glacial acid for 20, 40, 60, 120 min. lab temperature (25oC). Hot water (...

Carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) pod is a characteristic fruit from the Mediterranean regions. It composed by seeds, valuable part due to extraction of locust bean gum, and pulp, considered by-product processing industry. pulp mixture macro- micronutrients, such as carbohydrates, vitamins minerals, secondary metabolites with functional properties. In last few years, numerous studies on chemical bio...