Current studies were performed to overview the phytochemistry, nutritional and medicinal value of Ziziphus mauritiana (commonly known as Ber in Pakistan). The leaves Z. are comprised proteins, amino acids, alkaloids, terpenoids, fibers, flavonoids, tannins, glycosides, phenolic compounds. leave majorly demonstrate presence α-linolenic acid, plamitic acid methyl stearate n-hexane, chloroform met...

Background: Medicinal plants have gained prime importance in treating several fatal diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, and eczema, because they are a rich source of bioactive phytochemicals safer alternative to synthesized chemical compounds. Genus Ziziphus Mill. belongs the family Rhamnaceae, which comprises 100 accepted plant species is well known for multipurpose applications food, fodder, ...

Fresh jujube (Ziziphus jujube) is rich in vitamin C, which is an important quality index and generally decreases with storage time. The aim of this study was to build kinetic models for determining the vitamin C content, thus predicting the quality characteristics and shelf life of fresh jujube. The quality changes of the jujube stored at room temperature (20 °C) were analyzed using near-infrar...

In the present work, we have investigated nutritional, phytochemical content and antioxidant activity of ripe fruits of Ziziphus nummularia Burm. f., one of the underutilized plants distributed in drier parts of North Western India. Fruits were quantitatively analyzed for their total phenolic, flavonoid and flavonol content colorimetrically. Nutritional properties including moisture, fats, carb...

The cellular antioxidant enzymes play the important role of protecting the cells and organisms from the oxidative damage. Natural antioxidants contained in fruits have attracted considerable interest because of their presumed safety and potential nutritional value. Even though antioxidant activities of many fruits have been reported, the effects of phytochemicals contained in fruits on the indu...

Thirteen fatty acids were identified from the pulps of four Tunisian Ziziphus jujuba ecotypes (Sfax, Choutrana, Mahres and Mahdia), using capillary gaseous chromatography method. These oils presented 8.31% to 12.35% of dry weights. Compared to the other ecotypes, Mahres and Choutrana were the richest of the oleic acid. The palmitic acid was the most important compound of the Sfax ecotype. Unsat...

A total of fourteen (14) species of wild edible fruits from Burkina Faso were analyzed for their phenolic and flavonoid contents, and their antioxidant activities using the DPPH, FRAP and ABTS methods. The data obtained show that the total phenolic and total flavonoid levels were significantly higher in the acetone than in the methanol extracts.Detarium microcarpum fruit had the highest phenoli...