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Rais C, Slimani C, Benidir M, Elhanafi L, Zeouk I, Errachidi F, El Ghadraoui L, Louahlia S. Seeds of Zizyphus lotus: In Vivo Healing Properties of the Vegetable Oil. ScientificWorldJournal 2020; 2020:1724543. [PMID: 32565747 PMCID: PMC7298346 DOI: 10.1155/2020/1724543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The present study has been undertaken in order to highlight the healing effect of Zizyphus lotus vegetable oil. The seeds of this plant contain an oil rate of 30%. The obtained results on the main elements composing the vegetable oil have shown that Zizyphus lotus vegetable oil has a low value of acidity index and it presents a not negligible degree of unsaturation. The value of the peroxide index of Zizyphus lotus vegetable oil is less than 10 which characterizes the most of conventional oils. Furthermore, the spectral analysis by gas chromatography has shown the presence of 53 majority and minority molecules. Thus, the evaluation of the healing activity of Z. lotus seed vegetable oil has demonstrated a highly significant effect against the negative control and silver sulfadiazine was used as conventional treatment for burns. Based on the obtained results, we can suggest that the oil extracted from the seeds of the studied plant could be used to cure wounds.
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- C. Rais
- Laboratory of Botany, National Agency of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, P.O. Box 159, Taounate 34025, Morocco
- Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 2202, Route d'Imouzzer, Fez, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 2202, Route d'Imouzzer, Fez, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 2202, Route d'Imouzzer, Fez, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 2202, Route d'Imouzzer, Fez, Morocco
- Laboratory of Engineering, Electrochemistry, Modeling and Environment, Faculty of Sciences Dhar Mahraz, Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 1796, Fez-Atlas 30000, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 2202, Route d'Imouzzer, Fez, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 2202, Route d'Imouzzer, Fez, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, P.O. Box 2202, Route d'Imouzzer, Fez, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Natural Resources and Environment, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taza, USMBA, Route d'Oujda, B.P. 1223, 1223 Taza, Morocco
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Cadieu N, Cadieu JC, El Ghadraoui L, Grimal A, Lamboeuf Y. Conditioning to ethanol in the fruit fly-a study using an inhibitor of ADH. J Insect Physiol 1999; 45:579-586. [PMID: 12770343 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1910(99)00041-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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To identify processes involved in the choice of ethanol by adult Drosophila, flies homozygous Adh(F), reared in the absence of alcohol were placed in contact with: a) an ethanol-free medium, b) a medium containing ethanol, c) a medium supplemented with 4-methylpyrazole (4-MP, an inhibitor of the ADH pathway), d) a medium containing ethanol and 4-MP. The choice of ethanol over a medium without ethanol was evaluated by measuring the duration of extension of the proboscis of the flies in each of the media. A slight preference for the ethanol-supplemented medium was observed in the naive flies, which was enhanced by previous exposure to ethanol. Exposure to ethanol and 4-MP, however, led to an avoidance of ethanol. There was a reduction in ADH activity on treatment of the flies with 4-MP, and signs of malaise (reduced locomotor activity, loss of balance) were observed in the flies who ingested both ethanol and inhibitor. We concluded that the preference for ethanol stems from an associative learning related to ethanol utilization. Inhibition of enzymes of ADH pathway led to a conditioned aversion due to disturbance of ethanol metabolism giving rise to malaise.
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- N Cadieu
- Laboratoire d'Ethologie et de Psychologie Animale, CNRS UMR 5550, IREB 94/01. Univ. P. Sabatier, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse Cedex, France
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