Tropical Plants with Antihypertensive, Antiasthmatic, and Antidiabetic Value

Saganuwan, Saganuwan Alhaji

doi:10.1080/10496470902787477

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“…Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima), a member of Cucurbitaceae family has been used frequently as a functional food or medicine [12], because its a good source of polysaccharides, protein and phenolic glycosides. Besides, it is rich in unsaturated fatty acids and tocopherols and with very high oxidative stability [13,14].…”

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Enhancing the Nutritional Value of Oat Bars

Omran¹

2018

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The present work was designed to prepare four different oat bar formulas (F 1 , F 2 , F 3 and F 4 ) from quick oat flakes, sunflower, chickpea and pumpkin seeds. Chemical, physical, textural, microbiological and sensory evaluation were performed. The results indicated that the substitution of oat with sunflower, chickpea and pumpkin seeds significantly enhanced the nutritional value of the resultant bars. Protein and fat contents significantly increased. Total phenols, total flavonoids, tannins and antioxidant activity significantly increased in F 2 , F 3 and F 4 compared to F 1 . Substitution of oat with sunflower, chickpea and pumpkin seeds has no significant effect on taste, color, flavor and overall acceptability but, it had a significant effect on appearance. Hardness, microbiological counts and peroxide values increased while water activity decreased during storage period for three months. The results clearly demonstrated the value of substituting oat with sunflower, chickpea and pumpkin seeds to produce oat bars with good nutritional value and stability up to two months. Sunflower formula was the most valuable addition with the highest acceptability followed by pumpkin formula.

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Enhancing the Nutritional Value of Oat Bars

Omran¹

2018

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“…Pumpkin seed oil seems to be popular for its medical properties such as antidiabetic (Gary et al, 2011), antitumor (Huang et al, 2004), antihypertensive antihypertensive (Saganuwan, 2009), benign prostatic hyperplasia (Hong et al, 2009), antibacterial (Hammar et al, 1999), antiinflammation, and antalgic.…”

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The evaluation of the healing proprieties of pumpkin and linseed oils on deep second-degree burns in rats

Bardaa

Moalla

Khedir

et al. 2015

Pharmaceutical Biology

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(2016) The evaluation of the healing proprieties of pumpkin and linseed oils on deep second-degree burns in rats, Pharmaceutical Biology, 54:4, 581-587, DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2015 Objective: The present study assesses the healing potential of pumpkin and linseed extracted oils on rats. Materials and methods: Uniform deep second-degree burns were induced on the dorsum of 24 rats, randomly divided into four groups. The burns were measured, photographed, and topically treated with saline solution, ''Cytol Centella Õ '', pumpkin, and linseed-extracted oils (0.52 ml/mm 2 of oil) each 2 d (up until day 33). Post-burning of the 33rd day, biopsies were histologically assessed. Results: At the end of the experiment, the rat groups treated with linseed, pumpkin oils, and ''Cytol Centella Õ '' had higher percentage of wound contraction (98.68, 96.71, and 92.54%, respectively) than the control group (58.38%). Wound biopsies from rats treated with extracted oils showed the best tissue regeneration proprieties as compared with the other groups. The histomorphometric analysis of biopsies revealed that linseed oil could significantly stimulate angiogenesis (55.6% ± 7.25). The pumpkin oil, and Cytol Centella Õ could significantly increase the collagen production 64.9% ± 5.94, and 61.2% ± 7.36, respectively. Discussion and conclusion: Overall, our study has given for the first time scientific evidence of the healing efficiency of pumpkin and linseed oils on burn-wounds.

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“…(Ranunculaceae), commonly known as black seed or black cumin, is used in herbal medicine all over the world for the treatment and prevention of a number of diseases and conditions that include asthma, diarrhoea and dyslipidaemia (Hawari and Al-Dabbas, 2008). Nigella (Nigella sativa L.) is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the Ranunculaceae family growing in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea and is cultivated throughout India and other tropical regions of the world (Mehta et al, 2008;Saganuwan, 2009;Cheikh-Rouhou et al, 2007). A number of reports have been published on the action of N. sativa extracts or its oil on the different bacterial isolated (Al-Haj et al, 2010;Hawari and Al-Dabbas, 2008).…”

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Comparison of Two Regimens of Nigella sativa Extract for Treatment of Subclinical Mastitis Caused by Staphylococcus aureus

Azadi¹,

Farzaneh²

2010

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Problem statement: Little research has focused on treatment of cows with subclinical mastitis during lactation. The seed of Nigella sativa Linn. (Ranunculaceae), commonly known as black seed or black cumin, is used in folk (herbal) medicine. Approach: Objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of Nigella sativa Extract (NSE) with two regimens for treatment of subclinical mastitis in lactating dairy cows and to determine which regimen enhanced efficacy of it. Results: From one hundred Holstein dairy research herd in Mashhad-Iran, 83 cows with a total of 157 subclinically Staphylococcus aureus infected quarters were included. Cows were enrolled in the study based on milk somatic cell counts >200,000 mL −1 and isolation of Staphylococcus aureus in 3 samples obtained 1 week apart. About 10 cc of NSE (in paraffin: 200 mg cc −1 ) was administered via intramammary infusion. First, Cows were divided into three treatment groups. Group 1 (37 cows) received intramammary infusion at each milking (3 times daily) for 3 days with 10 cc NSE. Group 2 (24 cows) received the same intramammary infusion but only once daily for 3 days. The third, 22 cows were included as an untreated negative control group. Results in bacteriologic cure of 69.4% of quarters and 59.5% of cows (Group 1) compared to 60% of quarters and 45.8% of cows (Group 2). Test for mastitis diagnosis Somatic cell counts of milk from quarters that were not cured were higher prior to initiation of treatment than those cured. A bacteriological cure was defined as a treated infected mammary quarter that was bacteriologically negative for the presence of S. aureus at 3-7 day after the last treatment. Conclusion: All two Nigella sativa treatment regimens were significantly better than the negative control and the nine dose Nigella sativa treatment regimen treatment group was not significantly better than the three dose treatment group (p = 0.332).

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Tropical Plants with Antihypertensive, Antiasthmatic, and Antidiabetic Value

Cited by 36 publications

References 17 publications

Enhancing the Nutritional Value of Oat Bars

Enhancing the Nutritional Value of Oat Bars

The evaluation of the healing proprieties of pumpkin and linseed oils on deep second-degree burns in rats

Comparison of Two Regimens of Nigella sativa Extract for Treatment of Subclinical Mastitis Caused by Staphylococcus aureus

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