African baobab
Its role in enhancing nutrition, health, and the environment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19586231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ifeyinwa Sabina Asogwa, Ajibola Nihmot Ibrahim (0000-0002-2871-9362, Kwararafa University, corresponding author), Johnpaul Ifechukwu Agbaka (China Agricultural University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Pages | 100043 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Trees Forests and People (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2666-7193 • E-ISSN: 2666-7193 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.tfp.2020.100043 |
| OpenAlex | W3091860413 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 34 |
African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is a common, multifunctional tree native to Western Africa's arid and semi-Arid regions. It offers a broad range of economic benefits, including clothing and medicines, protection (shade), non-wood-forestry products and raw materials for several products. Milk, flavoring agents, spices, protein, oils, and feeds can be sourced from the fruits, the seeds, the leaves, and the flowers. Presently, there are several medicinal benefits of African Baobab. The roots, bark, and leave extracts (methanolic extracts) have high antiviral and antimicrobial activities. The bark contains alkaloid “Adansonin” studied to be active against malaria and fever. The fruit pulp is used as a functional food for natural treatment and prevention of hyperlipidemia associated health anomalies, through enhancing the activity of the antioxidant enzymes. Notwithstanding this wealth of benefits, death of the tree has taken place in some part of the world, hence, imperative means of management and prevention must be enforced. Thus, this review tends to highlight the varied economical, medicinal, nutritional and anti-nutritional properties of African Baobab, and notably, its environmental sustainability
Adansonia digitata · Agroforestry · Biology · Botany · Business · Health benefits · Sustainability · Traditional medicine · African Botany and Ecology Studies · Agriculture and Rural Development Research · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies · Medicine · Biotechnology · Ecology · Toxicology
Baobab trees population and economic contribution
Prospects of raising baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) to fruiting in two years
Natural variation in the nutritional composition of African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) from two ecological sites in Northern Malabar, Kerala, India
Quantitative study on the trade and ecological aspect of spice plants in the markets of District Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Detecting baobab trees (Adansonia digitata) in drone imagery and evaluating their anthropogenic legacy in eastern Africa
Urban social sustainability and arboreal lived heritage in a West African capital city
Reasons influencing consumers’ choice of baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) products
Contribution of the Baobab Value Chain to Equitable Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Ghana
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania
Traditional ecological knowledge and practices in Zimbabwe
Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity
The Uses of the Baobab Flower (Adansonia digitata L)
The Use of Baobab Leaves (Adansonia digitata L.) for Food in Africa
Market-based conservation and local benefits
Adansonia digitata L. – A review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology
Adansonia digitata L. – A review of traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology
The effect of processing methods on the chemical composition of baobab (Adansonia digitata. L) pulp and seed
The Importance of Baobab ( Adansonia digitata L.) in Rural West African Subsistence—Suggestion of a Cautionary Approach to International Market Export of Baobab Fruits
Effect of Fermentation on the Nutrient and Antinutrient Composition of Baobab (Adansonia Digitata) Seeds and Rice (Oryza Sativa) Grains
| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |