The role of wild fruits and vegetables in delivering a balanced and healthy diet

C Bvenura, D Sivakumar - Food Research International, 2017 - Elsevier
Without a doubt, fruits and vegetables are important components of a balanced and healthy
diet. However, their consumption is very low in the world, with the lowest figures being …

Medicinal Potential, Utilization and Domestication Status of Bitter Kola (Garcinia kola Heckel) in West and Central Africa

A Maňourová, O Leuner, Z Tchoundjeu, P Van Damme… - Forests, 2019 - mdpi.com
Garcinia kola Heckel (Clusiaceae), known as bitter kola, is a multipurpose tree indigenous to
West and Central Africa. This highly preferred species is called “wonder plant” because all of …

Inequality and ecosystem services: the value and social distribution of Niger Delta wetland services

O Adekola, G Mitchell, A Grainger - Ecosystem Services, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Niger Delta wetlands are of international importance for their biodiversity, and
support a large human population. The value and distribution of wetland ecosystem service …

Efficient Cr(VI) sequestration from aqueous solution by chemically modified Garcinia kola hull particles: characterization, isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic studies

LT Popoola - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
There is a need for the removal of hexavalent chromium from contaminated water prior to its
discharge into the environment, as part of industrial effluents, due to its toxic nature. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Moisture migration and bulk nutrients interaction in a drying food systems: a review

IS Afolabi - Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2014 - scirp.org
Drying is a technique that involves removal of moisture using heat energy. This heat affects
the protein components in foods especially the thiosulphide groups, which causes …

Nutritional and anti-nutrient composition of three kola nuts (Cola nitida, Cola acuminata and Garcinia kola) produced in Benin

D Dah-Nouvlessounon, A Adjanohoun, H Sina… - Food and Nutrition …, 2015 - scirp.org
Kola nuts were regularly chewed by West Africans and Beninese in particularly. The aim of
this study was to investigate nutritional and anti-nutrient content of three Benin's kola nuts …

Exploring the potentials of some compounds from Garcinia kola seeds towards identification of novel PDE‐5 inhibitors in erectile dysfunction therapy

OA Ojo, AB Ojo, RF Maimako, D Rotimi… - Andrologia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the main challenges occurring among men worldwide,
and is characterised by trouble getting or keeping steady erection during sexual intercourse …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of ethanolic extract of Garcinia kola on sexual behaviour and sperm parameters in male Wistar rats

N Ralebona, CR Sewani-Rusike… - African Journal of …, 2012 - Citeseer
Sexual health is an important component of an individual's quality of life and well being
(WHO, 2002). Sexual dysfunction can, therefore be a very distressing condition for men. It …

A review on thermal analysis of hybrid greenhouse solar dryer (HGSD)

P Sıngh, MK Gaur - Journal of Thermal Engineering, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
The objective of the paper is to present the modifications done in hy brid gr eenhouse solar
dryers to make them more efficient. As hy brid dryers we re developed to ov ercome the …

[PDF][PDF] Assessment of herbal products and their composite medicinal plants through proximate and micronutrients analyses

J Hussain, AL Khan, N Rehman… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2009 - academicjournals.org
Fourteen medicinal plant species, growing in different parts of Pakistan, have been used to
prepare two herbal products Mussafeen and Itreeful ustokhudus by the Qarshi Industry Pvt …