Chemical Profile of Leaves and Roots of Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)

Osabor, Vincent N.; Etiuma, Rebecca A.; Ntinya, M. U.

doi:10.9734/acsj/2016/20456

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“…The proximate analysis of the leaves extracts of Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn) Daniell showed protein 6.62 ± 0.02%, crude lipid 12 ± 2.00%, crude fibre 17.5 ± 0.50%, moisture 40.30 ± 1.53%, ash 6.70 ± 2.00% and carbohydrate 57.60 ± 0.01%, while the roots extracts showed protein 5.6 ± 0.07%, crude lipid 7.5 ± 1.4%, crude fibre 20.30 ± 1.53%, moisture 29.2 ± 1.06%, ash 8.00 ± 1.56% and carbohydrate (58.60 ± 0.01)% (Osabor et al, 2016). The studies found appears to be in agreement with a recent study on the proximate study of the fruit of S. dulcificum (Fadeyibi et al, 2021).…”

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“…& Thonn) Daniell was studied. The mineral concentration of the leaf extracts: calcium (0.001 ± 0.00) mg/100 g, chromium (0.0006 ± 0.00) mg/100 g, iron (0.0029 ± 0.01) mg/100 g, zinc (0.0095 ± 0.00) mg/100 g and copper (0.00082 ± 0.01) mg/100 g while the root extracts: calcium (0.00134 ± 0.01) mg/100 g, chromium (0.00073 ± 0.01) mg/100 g, zinc (0.0097 ± 0.01) mg/100 g, iron (0.00025 ± 0.01) mg/100 g and copper (0.007 ± 0.01) mg/100 g (Osabor et al, 2016).…”

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A comprehensive review on chemical and pharmacological potential of Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell

Afzal,

Manap,

Zelynn

2024

BLACPMA

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The fruit of plant Synsepalum dulcificum(Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell, is found native to tropical regions of West Africa, and vernacularly recognized as the “Miracle Fruit” by Africans. The property of the plant has traditionally been employed in many food industries, besides its ethnopharmacological significance. The phytochemical analysis from literature reveals that various parts of plant contains many bioactive components including alkaloids, lignans, phenolic acids, glycoproteins and flavonoids. Recent studies exhibit its pharmacologicalpotential such as antidiabetic, antihyperlipidemic, anti-cancer, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-hyperuricemia and anti-convulsant properties. Therefore, this review aims to systematically summarizes scientific evidences with the therapeutic, ethnopharmacological and traditional claims found in literature. However, the data acquired is still very imperfect, thus future research is hopeful to discover the precise mechanism of action of its bioactive components to explore chemical constituents, and their nutraceutical and clinical uses of this multipurpose plant to employ its valuable effects on human beings.

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A comprehensive review on chemical and pharmacological potential of Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell

Afzal,

Manap,

Zelynn

2024

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“…Experiments by Osabor et al 42 have indicated that, for lead, this process is slow and probably nonmetabolic. A sequential series of experiments performed on stem segments in various stages of cambial re-activation suggested that living cambial tissue is non-essential for transport from bark to wood.…”

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Review: Assessment of the Doable Utilisation of Dendrochronology as an Element Tracer Technology in Soils Artificially Contaminated with Heavy Metals

Aljerf¹,

Choukaife²

2018

BIJ

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“…Miraculin is 4,00,000 times sweeter than sucrose on a molar basis (Theerasilp et al, 1989), which subjected for the sweet taste, the protein binds to sweetness receptors, resulting in sour-tasting foods to be perceived sweet (Tafazoli et al, 2019). Miracle berries leave, and roots are rich in carbohydrate, ibers, tannins, cardiac glycosides, polyphenols, lavonoids and minerals (Osabor et al, 2016).…”

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Synsepalum Dulcificum: A Review

Sadhana

Joghee

Hamsalakshmi

2020

ijrps

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Synsepalum dulcificum also regarded as a miracle berry, belonging to the Sapotaceae family. It is cultivated for its mild fruits, which makes sour foods to give a sweet taste, the effect lasts for about 30 minutes. The plant is a shrub, containing red coloured fruits and localised to West Africa. They used this plant as their palm wine and also used this for certain other beverages to make it sweetened regionally. Because of its remarkable sweet potential used to make the sour foods taste sweet. Miraculin is the glycoprotein present in the plant responsible for the sweet taste. Some of the reported health benefits are anti-diabetic, effective food enhancer, taste disorder in cancer, alter the taste. The plant is known for its production of transgenic tomatoes. Ethnobotany uses of the plants includes in the treatment of male infertility, Asthma, Haemorrhoids, Anti-cancer etc. The aim of the present review was to brief the literature survey of the plant through the internet like PubMed and Google scholar for forming the platform to illustrate the ethnopharmacology of the plant, information about the traditional usage, important chemical constituents and selected pharmacological activities of the plant were gathered from available research papers to frame the review. The current review also highlights the phytochemical and pharmacological aspects of Synsepalum dulcificum which will have been helped in the researchers for the further qualitative research.

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Chemical Profile of Leaves and Roots of Miracle Fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum)

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A comprehensive review on chemical and pharmacological potential of Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell

A comprehensive review on chemical and pharmacological potential of Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell

Review: Assessment of the Doable Utilisation of Dendrochronology as an Element Tracer Technology in Soils Artificially Contaminated with Heavy Metals

Synsepalum Dulcificum: A Review

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