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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Fatty acids composition of Tunisian Ziziphus lotus L. (Desf.) fruits and variation in biological activities between leaf and fruit extracts
Natural Product Research, Volume 28, No. 14, Year 2014
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This study was conceived to evaluate the essential fatty acids, secondary metabolites, antiradical and antimicrobial activities of unexploited Tunisian Ziziphus lotus L. The obtained results indicated that the major components of fatty acids were oleic acid (88.12%) and elaidic acid (7.88%). Leaves contained higher amount of total phenols, flavonoids and tannins than fruits, although both methanolic extracts had significant antioxidant activities. Significant correlations were observed between the total phenol or flavonoid contents in methanolic extracts and antioxidant activity estimated by using both 2,2′-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl and 2,2′-azino-bis-3- ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic radical-scavenging methods. In addition, both methanolic extracts exhibited strong antibacterial and antifungal activities. The inhibition zone diameters and the minimal inhibition concentration values were in the range of 10-17 mm and 3.1-50 mg/mL, respectively. © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ghazghazi, Hanene
Tunisia, Jendouba
Université de Jendouba
Aouadhi, Chedia
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar
Riahi, Leila
Tunisia, Hamam Lif
Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria
Maaroufi, Abderrazek
Tunisia, Tunis
Université de Tunis el Manar
Hasnaoui, Brahim
Tunisia, Jendouba
Université de Jendouba
Statistics
Citations: 39
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/14786419.2014.913244
ISSN:
14786419
e-ISSN:
14786427