Listing of Useful Plants of the World
NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.
The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.
Hyphaene thebaica
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Common Name(s):
gingerbread treeReferences
(Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to
www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]Cook, J. A., D. J. VanderJagt, et al. (2000). Nutrient and chemical composition of 13 wild plant foods of Niger. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. Feb. 13(1): 83-92. {a} Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Room 249 BMSB, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
Irobi, O. N. and O. Adedayo (1999). Antifungal activity of aqueous extract of dormant fruits of Hyphaene thebaica (Palmae). Pharmaceutical Biology. [print] April 37(2): 114-117. {a} Environmental Biotechnology Laboratories, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
Cook, J. A., D. J. Vanderjagt, et al. (1998). Use of the trolox assay to estimate the antioxidant content of seventeen edible wild plants of Niger. Life Sciences 63(2): 105-110. {a} Dep. Biochem. Mol. Biol., Room 249 BMSB, Univ. New Mexico Sch. Med., Albuquerque, NM 87131-5221, USA
Davies, R. I. and H. W. Pritchard (1998). Seed storage and germination of the palms Hyphaene thebaica, H. petersiana and Medemia argun. Seed Science and Technology 26(3): 823-828. {a} Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Wakehurst Place, Ardingly, West Sussex, RH17 6TN, UK
Moussa, H., H. A. Margolis, et al. (1998). Factors affecting the germination of doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica Mart.) seeds from the semi-arid zone of Niger, West Africa. Forest Ecology and Management 104(1-3): 27-41. {a} Centre Recherche Biol. Forestiere, Fac. Foresterie Geomatique, Univ. Laval, Sainte-Foy, PQ G1K 7P4, Canada
Baumer, M. (1994). Forest parks or parklands? Bois et Forets des Tropiques(240): 53-68. 446 rue de la Combe Caude, F-34090 Montpellier, France
Toure, A. S., M. M. Grandtner, et al. (1994). Relief, soils and vegetation of a Sudano-Sahelian Savannah of Central Mali. Phytocoenologia 24: 233-256. {a} Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Desertification, BP 2357, Sotuga, Bamako, Mali
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