Adansonia digitata fruit: compounds and antioxidante activity against reactive species

Pinto, Diana; Ferreira da Vinha, Ana; Freitas, Marisa; Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.

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Authors

Pinto, Diana

Ferreira da Vinha, Ana

Freitas, Marisa

Oliveira, M. Beatriz P.P.

Abstract(s)

Baobab (Adansonia digitata) is an African native fruit, of which both chemical composition and antioxidant activity against physiologically relevant reactive oxygen species (ROS) and reactive nitrogen species (RNS) were not yet investigated. It is generally accepted that the antioxidant activity of natural resources could be related with the prevention of several diseases. Baobab leaves, fruit pulp, root, stem, seeds and bark have shown medicinal properties, including diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hepato-protective, analgesic, anti-diarrhea, anti-dysentery, anti rheumatoid and antiviral activities.

Keywords

Baobab Reactive oxygen species (ROS) Reactive Nitrogen Species (RNS) Medicinal properties

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http://hdl.handle.net/10284/9847

Citation

Pinto, D., Vinha, A.F., Freitas, M., Oliveira, M.B.P.P. 2018. Adansonia digitata fruit: compounds and antioxidante activity against reactive species. Livro de Resumos XIV Encontro de Química dos Alimentos Indústria: Ciência, Formação e Inovação, p. 89. ISBN: 978-989-98936-9-6