Vitellaria Paradoxa
Antifungal and Phytochemical Screening of Extract from Vitellaria Paradoxa (Shea Butter Tree) Leaves, Barks and Roots on Dermatophytes
... (16.5mm) at 250mg/ml. The antifungal activities of the crude extracts of roots and leaves also showed significant zones of inhibition and the aqueous extract has no activity except for the bark extract that showed narrow ...
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Deductive and Multi-criteria Approach to Ecosystem Modeling and Habitat Mapping of Shea Butter Trees (Vitellaria Paradoxa) in the Tropical Savanna
... and Vitellaria paradoxa habitat in the broad Savanna region was produced using multi criteria and integrated GIS models as against the traditional single layer thematic ...of Vitellaria ...
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Influence of parkland landscapes on shea tree (vitellaria paradoxa) pollination in northern region of Ghana
... V. paradoxa) in ...(Vitellaria paradoxa) pollination in Northern Region of Ghana from November 2011 to March ...V. paradoxa found umber of insect visitors (abundance of pollinators (%) ...
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Effect of pre-processing conditions on oil point pressure of sheanut (Vitellaria paradoxa) kernel
... This study revealed that the oil point pressure of sheanut (Vitellaria paradoxa) kernel is affected significantly by moisture content, heating temperature and heating time. The oil point pressure of the ...
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Insect pollinator dependence of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn.) in the Guinea Savanna zone of Ghana
... Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) is an insect pollinator– dependent tropical plant (Hall et al. 1996; Okullo 2004) which occurs naturally in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) espe- cially arid and semi-arid zones ...
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Production zones and systems, markets, benefits and constraints of shea (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn) butter processing
... Résumé – Zones de production et systèmes, marchés, avantages et limites de la production de beurre de karité (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn). Le karité est un arbre polyvalent, culture indigène de l’Afrique ...
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Germination Test of Shea Seeds (Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn) in Nursery on Substrates of Northern Côte d’Ivoire
... Shea tree is native to the arid lands of sub- Saharan Africa. Source of one of the oldest food oils in Africa, the butter of “shea tree” Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn, (Sapotaceae), is a slow- growing ...
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The Morphology of Re-epithelized Skin Following Experimental Open Wound in Wistar Rat Treated with Vitellaria paradoxa Oil
... Vitellaria paradoxa commonly known as Shea butter tree (Sapotaceae); is the only species in the genus indigenous to Africa ...V. paradoxa fruit consist of a thin tart nutritious pulp that surrounds a ...
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Antidiabetic and antioxidant potentials of Vitellaria paradoxa barks in alloxan-induced diabetic rats
... V. paradoxa resulted in a significant de- crease in blood glucose levels and an increase in the serum insulin level of diabetic ...of Vitellaria paradoxa on lipid parameters in alloxan-induced ...
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Nutrient and Anti–Nutrient Composition of Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa C. F. Gaertn) Kernel and Pulp in the North East Nigeria
... (58.22 and 41.67). Calcium in conjunction with phosphorous, magnesium, vitamin A, C and D, calorie and protein are all in involved in bone formation [56]. Calcium is also important for blood clotting, muscle contraction ...
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Rooting Response of Air Layered Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) Trees to Media and Hormonal Application under Two Different Climatic Conditions
... Shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn. Family; Sapotaceae) indigenous to the Sudano-sahelian zone of Africa has great economic and ecological potential and attributes. Commercial cultivation of the tree is ...
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<p><em>Vitellaria paradoxa</em> Nut Triterpene-Rich Extract Ameliorates Symptoms of Inflammation on Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis in Obese Rats</p>
... Vitellaria paradoxa nut extracts mainly consist of the unsaponi fi able material parts containing triterpene with hydrocarbon and other minor compounds. Previous studies reported that triterpene possesses ...
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Effect of Moisture on Some Physical Properties of Shea (Vitellaria Paradoxa L) Kernels
... The shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa L) is a member of the sapotaceae family. It is a deciduous tree of medium size, with a spherical crown. It often reaches heights of 10 to 15 m, with rare recorded ...
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Lipids from <i>Vitellaria paradoxa</i> Gaertn Seeds by Supercritical CO<sub>2</sub>: Extraction and Optimization of Parameters by Response Surface Methodology
... of Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn, lipids are comprised of a mixture of many types, but triacylglycerols are generally the main ...from Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertn ...from Vitellaria ...
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Characterization of Tannin Based Resins from the Barks of Ficus platyphylla and of Vitellaria paradoxa: Composites’ Performances and Applications
... of Vitellaria paradoxa (BVP) were analyzed using Matrix Assisted Laser Desorp- tion/Ionization Time-Of-Flight (MALDI-TOF), Mass Spectroscopy and At- tenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Mid-InfraRed ...
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Typology of seven Vitellaria paradoxa genotypes in relation to their response to callogenesis
... Vitellaria paradoxa, is an agro-forestry species belonging to the Sapotaceae ...(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitellaria paradoxa, on January 26 th ...
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EFFECTS OF DENSITY AND PHENOLOGY ON FECUNDITY IN Vitellaria paradoxa C.F. Gaertn
... The effects of flowering and leafing phenology interactions is due to the fact that both flowers and leaves are borne on the same terminal/apical shoot in Vitellaria. In some trees, new leaves emerged immediately ...
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Effects of Vitellaria paradoxa (C F Gaertn ) aqueous leaf extract administration on Salmonella typhimurium infected rats
... The protein rate in various tissues of the animals was assessed at the end of the treatment and the results are summarized in Fig. 3. This rate did not change in both spleen and serum. However, the rate of hepatic and ...
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Effect of Indole 3 Butyric Acid and Media Type on Adventitious Root Formation in Sheanut Tree (Vitellaria paradoxa C F Gaertn ) Stem Cuttings
... Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of rooting media and varying indole 3-butyric acid IBA concentrations on adventitious root formation in cuttings taken from copp[r] ...
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Optimisation of Decolourisation Conditions of Crude Shea (Vitellaria paradoxa Gaertner F) Butter: Yellow Type
... it was observed that the oil loss increased marginally as the adsorbent dose increased during the decolourisation of yellow shea butter, while the other two independent variables contact[r] ...
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