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Mensah RQ, Adusei S, Azupio S, Kwakye R. Nutritive value, biological properties, health benefits and applications of Tetrapleura tetraptera: An updated comprehensive review. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27834. [PMID: 38515660 PMCID: PMC10955287 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Due to the health benefits that medicinal plants present, they are applied in traditional healthcare in developing and developed countries alike. Tetrapleura tetraptera, a flowering plant mostly found in the western part of Africa has an essential chemical composition that gives it nutritive value and medicinal capacities. This review aims to highlight the nutritional attributes, biological properties, health benefits, and applications of T. tetraptera. The fruit of the plant has been revealed to possess about 58.48-63. 86% carbohydrates, 251.22-288.62 mg/g potassium, 182.11-200.02 mg/g calcium, 322.00-342.00 mg/g manganese, and 0.02-4.69 mg/g vitamins. Also, active phytochemical compounds including phenols (3.51 ± 0.03 mgGAE/g), flavonoids (0.87 ± 0.03 mgQE/g), saponins (4.27 ± 0.03 mgDE/g), tannins (23.87 ± 0.44 mg/100 g), and alkaloids (5.03 ± 0.15% w/w) have been discovered in the fruit of T. tetraptera. The plant's abundant phytochemicals account for its antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, anti-parasitic, and anti-proliferative activities. These biological properties in turn translate to health benefits including lower blood pressure, enhanced immune system, malaria treatment, diabetes and hypertension management, and cancer prevention. The health-promoting assets of T. tetraptera underscore its applications in beverage production, food preservation and flavoring, feed supplementation, and pharmaceutical formulations. The data gathered in this piece is crucial for industrial food processing and the creation of potent pharmaceutical products and functional foods with superior health attributes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Richard Q. Mensah
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- Value Addition Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
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- Plant Pathology Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Health and Allied Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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Azupio S, Alhassan M, Adusei S, Adjarko IK. Evaluation of the effect of soaked false yam ( Icacina oliviformis) tuber meal on the haematological indices and serum biochemistry of rabbits. Heliyon 2023; 9:e22373. [PMID: 38045142 PMCID: PMC10692898 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/05/2023] Open
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Background The exploitations of non-conventional feeds for livestock have sparked great interest due to human-animal competition for conventional feedstuffs. The majority of animal feedstuffs are formulated with grains as the major ingredient, resulting in tautness and an increase in the costs of conventional feeds. This practice has underscored the necessity for an alternatively cheap and sustainable non-conventional feedstuff to salvage the feeding restraint to animal production. With this, the present study aimed at evaluating the effect of soaked false yam tuber meal (SFYTM) on the haematological indices and serum biochemical profile of weaner rabbits. Methods Sixteen local weaned rabbits of diversified breeds and sexes were randomly apportioned to dietary treatments containing 0, 10, 15, and 20 % of soaked false yam tuber in replacement for maize in a maize-fishmeal-based diet. Following feeding trials, blood samples from the rabbits were taken and analyzed using haematology and chemistry analyzers. Results The haematological assay revealed significant differences (P < 0.05) among treatments for red blood cells (RBCs), total white blood cells (TWBCs), mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and monocytes. For haemoglobin (Hb), packed cell volume (PCV), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), platelet, lymphocytes, neutrophils, esoniphiles, and basophils, no significant differences (P > 0.05) were achieved. With the serum biochemical tests, significantly higher values were obtained for alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and sodium relative to the control. Despite some of the evaluated parameters having relatively high values, they tumbled within the normal range of values for a healthy weaned rabbit. Conclusion False yam tuber can therefore be exploited as a substitute for maize in rabbits' diets without detrimental effects on the haematological and biochemical markers of the farm animals.
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- Samuel Azupio
- Plant Pathology Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
- Value Addition Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
- Agronomy Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
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- Plant Pathology Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
- Value Addition Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
- Agronomy Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
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- Plant Pathology Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
- Value Addition Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
- Agronomy Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
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- Plant Pathology Unit, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
- Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana
- Value Addition Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
- Agronomy Division, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
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Akomeng N, Adusei S. Organic solvent extraction and spectrophotometric quantification of total phenolic content of soil. Heliyon 2021; 7:e08388. [PMID: 34841107 PMCID: PMC8605349 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Phenolic compounds are regarded as the most abundant plant metabolites that are known to decompose progressively into soils, likened to other soil organic materials. Once assimilated into soils, they can control soil processes, including organic matter decomposition and nutrient cycling. Established that phenolic compounds can influence nutrients availability and soil quality, it becomes crucial to investigate into soil phenolics through the application of appropriate extraction technique and quantification of total phenolic content in soils. This study therefore aimed at utilizing ethanol, hexane and diethyl ether organic solvents to extract and quantify total phenolic content of soil, sampled from a vegetable growing area. Conventional organic solvent extraction method was employed to extract phenolics, while spectrophotometric technique was utilized to quantify total phenolic content. The highest extraction yield of 34.52% was achieved with ethanol followed by diethyl ether (28.23%) and hexane (25.47%). Interestingly, hexane, which had the least extraction yield, rather recorded the highest phenolics concentration of 5.50 ± 0.02 mgGAE/g, with ethanol producing a concentration of 2.04 ± 0.05 mgGAE/g and 3.82 ± 0.01 mgGAE/g for diethyl ether. The percent recovery, limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) of phenolic compounds were found to be 102%, 0.8 mg/g and 1.5 mg/g for ethanol; 96%, 0.6 mg/g and 1.2 mg/g for diethyl ether and 94%, 0.4 mg/g and 1.0 mg/g for hexane respectively. These results indicate that for an extraction efficiency and greater yield, the use of ethanol as solvent is preferred whereas extraction using hexane is suitable for total phenolics quantification. The findings of this study have provided a vital insight regarding the influence of organic solvents on the extractability and quantification of total phenolic content of soil.
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- Nicholas Akomeng
- Department of Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Value Addition Division, CSIR- Oil Palm Research Institute, Kade, Ghana
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Adusei S, Otchere JK, Oteng P, Mensah RQ, Tei-Mensah E. Phytochemical analysis, antioxidant and metal chelating capacity of Tetrapleura tetraptera. Heliyon 2019; 5:e02762. [PMID: 31844702 PMCID: PMC6895743 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Tetrapleura tetraptera, claim to be beneficial for curing of human ailments. In this study, we determined phytochemicals, antioxidant and metal chelating capacity in the pulp, seeds and whole fruit (mixture of pulp and seeds) of T. tetraptera. Phytochemicals (flavonoids, alkaloids, terpenoids, tannins, steroids, saponins and phenols) were examined in aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the pulp, seeds and whole fruit. The recovery of all compounds was satisfactory, in the range of 90%-108%. The screening test revealed the presence of many phytochemicals in either one or both extracts. After the qualitative analysis, UV-Spectrophotometer was used to quantify phenols, flavonoids, saponins and alkaloids where higher phytochemical concentrations were recorded in the pulp followed by whole fruit and then the seeds. The metal chelating capacity was determined using EDTA standard, and was in the order of pulp>whole fruit>seeds. Also, the pulp was established to exhibit much antioxidant activity as compared to the whole fruit or seeds. This study therefore supports the use of T. tetraptera in traditional systems of medicine owing to its active chemical compounds, and has given many vital insights on which part of T. tetraptera fruit to consume as concentrations of these compounds varies in the pulp, seeds and whole fruit.
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- Stephen Adusei
- Department of Environmental Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.,Department of Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.,Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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- Department of Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Department of Laboratory Technology, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.,Department of Food and Postharvest Technology, Koforidua Technical University, Koforidua, Ghana
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