Aspects of Fruit Biology of Three Wild Edible Monkey Kola Species Fruits (Cola spp: Malvaceae)

Ogbu, Justin U.; Umeokechukwu, C. E.

doi:10.9734/arrb/2014/8066

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“…The vitamin C content observed in this study was 6.34, 14.39, 10.02 mg 100 g -1 for the endocarp, mesocarp and exocarp, respectively. This was way higher than the report of Ogbu and Umeokechukwu (2014) where they recorded a vitamin C content of 11.28 mg 100 mg -1 of fruit sample. The relatively high vitamin C content of the mesocarp suggests that it may be a suitable source of antioxidants (Bello et al 2008) and also improve iron absorption (Ene-Obong 2001).…”

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Chemical, microbial and antioxidant activity of Cola lepidota K. Schum fruits

Oranusi¹,

Onibokun²,

Afolabi³

et al. 2020

Czech J. Food Sci.

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This research was to investigate the chemical composition, antioxidant activity, and microbial profiles of Cola lepidota fruits. One hundred grams each of the fruit exocarp, mesocarp and endocarp were blended and analyses were carried out by the following standard methods. Active acidity and vitamin C contents were 5.5 and 6.34 mg 100 g–1 in endocarp, 4.5 and 14.39 mg 100 g–1 in mesocarp and 6.7 and 10.02 mg 100 g–1 for exocarp. Moisture and carbohydrate contents of 12.31 and 68.72% were in the mesocarp while protein and crude fibre contents of 8.13 and 26.18% were in the exocarp and endocarp. Iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and manganese (Mn) contents were 1.79, 0.27 and 0.57 mg 100 g–1 in exocarp while lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) were absent in the endocarp. Predominant isolates were Aspergillus niger, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus flavus, Bacillus, Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas species. C. lepidota had no antimicrobial effect against the tested organisms. Tannins, flavonoids, terpenoids, phenols, coumarins and anthocyanins were present while alkaloids, quinolones, glycosides, steroids and cardiac glycosides were absent. The fruit was observed to have antioxidant property by hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity. This study presents C. lepidota as good for human consumption and can be exploited for animal feed production.

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Chemical, microbial and antioxidant activity of Cola lepidota K. Schum fruits

Oranusi¹,

Onibokun²,

Afolabi³

et al. 2020

Czech J. Food Sci.

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“…(see e.g. Mitchell, 1982;Forrest, 2006;Wakelyn et al, 2007;Benchasri, 2012;Ogbu, 2014;Ţîţei & Teleuță, 2018;Tumpa & Islam, 2019). Some species are able to escape from cultivation, impacting both natural (loss of biodiversity) and agricultural (economically with reduction in productivity and crop quality) systems (Spencer, 1984;Pasiecznik, 2016).…”

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Nuevas alóctonas en Malvaceae para la flora africana del norte, con notas nomenclaturales

Mokni

Iamonico

2020

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Como parte de los estudios en curso sobre las Malvaceae de Túnez, se descubrieron poblaciones de dos especies de Hibiscus (H. rosa-sinensis y H. syriacus) y de Lagunaria patersonia en el norte de Túnez, que representan los primeros registros de la flora nacional y norteafricana. Se describen caracteres morfológicos, así como datos ecológicos y corológicos. Se proporcionan notas nomenclaturales sobre los nombres H. acerifolius (= H. syriacus), H. chinensis (= H. syriacus), H. patersonius (basiónimo de L. Patersonia) y H. rhombifolius (= H. syriacus), incluida la designación de holótipo para H. Chinensis (ilustración de van Braam Houckgeest), y designación de lectótipos para H. Acerifolius (una ilustración de Salisbury), H. Rhombifolius (ilustración de Cavanilles) y H. Patersonius (ilustración de Andrew). También se tratan otros nombres ilegítimos e inválidos (Althaea frutex, H. floridus, Ketmia syrorum, K. Arborea y K. Arborescens).

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“…Cola lepidota is an edible wild fruit found in the humid west and central African forests (Ogbu and Umeokechukwu, 2014). In Nigeria, the fruit pulp is eaten by human and some wild animal (primate especially) because of their large nutritional value and tasty pulp (Ogbu et al, 2007).…”

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“…Cola lepidota commonly called yellow monkey cola is identified by various names as achicha or ochiricha in Igbo speaking state and Ndiya in Efik as well as ibibios of Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria. Cola lepidota tree is 18m high with a twisted trunk and lumps, the leaflet are up to 60cm long (Ogbu and Umeokechukwu, 2014). Biodiesel is a renewable, biodegradable fuel manufactured domestically from vegetable oils, animal fats or recycled restaurant grease (Angelo et al, 2005;Chung et al, 2019;Hoseini et al, 2019;Kpan and Krahl, 2019;Ni et al, 2020;Yusuff and Owolabi, 2019).…”

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Production of biodiesel using novel C. lepodita oil in the presence of heterogeneous solid catalyst

Int¹

2019

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Present study was designed to produce biodiesel using Cola lepidota seed oil in the presence of clay catalyst. The extraction was done in petroleum ether and oil was characterized using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) techniques. The biodiesel produced, was characterized for specific gravity, kinematic viscosity, American petroleum index (API) gravity, flash point, cloud point, aniline point and diesel index. The result from FTIR shows that there was C-N stretching aliphatic amine at 1072.46 cm-1, CH2X alkyl halides at 1226.77 cm-1, C-C stretching (in ring) aromatics at 1442.80 cm-1, N-O asymmetric stretching nitro compounds at 1527.67cm-1, C=C stretching α, β unsaturated esters at 1712.85 cm-1, C-C stretching aromatics at 2924.18 cm-1, O-H stretch or free hydroxyl alcohols or phenols at 3610.86 cm-1. The oil yield was 1.76%. The result revealed that the biodiesel showed the following properties; specific gravity (0.862 g/cm3), viscosity (4.8mm2/sec), API (30.24 oC), flash point (80 oC), cloud point (-2 oC), aniline point (68 oC) and diesel index (1.424). These values were within the recommended limits of American Standard for Testing Material (ASTM D6751). This study reveals that C. lepidota oil is a veritable precursor for biodiesel production and other industrial applications.

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Aspects of Fruit Biology of Three Wild Edible Monkey Kola Species Fruits (Cola spp: Malvaceae)

Cited by 15 publications

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Chemical, microbial and antioxidant activity of Cola lepidota K. Schum fruits

Chemical, microbial and antioxidant activity of Cola lepidota K. Schum fruits

Nuevas alóctonas en Malvaceae para la flora africana del norte, con notas nomenclaturales

Production of biodiesel using novel C. lepodita oil in the presence of heterogeneous solid catalyst

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