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Phytochemical Analysis of the Desert Date <i>Balanites aegyptiaca</i>

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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PHYTOCHEMICAL analysis of the mesocarp of eleven morphologically different individuals of Balanites aegyptiaca was assessed. The antioxidant activity of their methanol extracts was also evaluated. Principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering analysis (HCA) were used in combination with the metabolome detected by spectrophotometer of the evaluated individuals to distinguish between them. HCA separated the eleven individuals of Balanites aegyptiaca into three groups according to the metabolites content and total antioxidant capacity of their extracts. Group 1 is characterized with higher content of carbohydrates and lower content of other detected metabolites and antioxidant capacity. Group 2 is characterized with moderate contents of the detected metabolites, whereas Group 3 is characterized with higher contents of all detected secondary metabolites, total antioxidant capacity and strong DPPH radical scavenging. Total antioxidant capacity showed a positive correlation with total proteins, phenolics, saponins and DPPH radical scavenging activity. DPPH radical scavenging activity showed a positive correlation with total proteins, total phenolics, total flavonoids, total saponins, and negatively correlated with total carbohydrates. To our knowledge, this is the first report underlying the metabolomics of morphologically different B. aegyptiaca fruits using metabolome combined with multivariate data analysis.

DOI

10.21608/ejbo.2020.37920.1533

Keywords

<i>Balanites egyptiaca</i>, DPPH, Metabolomic, PCA, Phenolics

Authors

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Abdel-Farid

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Affiliation

Biology Department, College of Science, Jouf University, Sakaka, KSA , Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt

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bayoumi2013@aswu.edu.eg

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Aswan

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0000-0002-5198-448X

First Name

Magdi

Last Name

El-Sayed

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Botany Department, Aswan Faculty of Science, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt , Molecular Biotechnology Program, Field of Advanced Basic Sciences, Galala University, New Galala City, Egypt

Email

magdiel_sayed@aswu.edu.eg

City

Aswan

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0000-0001-8914-4104

Volume

61

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1

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23962

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2021-04-01

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2020-08-04

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2021-04-01

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95

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103

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0375-9237

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2357-0350

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https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/article_117212.html

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111

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Egyptian Journal of Botany

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https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/

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Phytochemical Analysis of the Desert Date <i>Balanites aegyptiaca</i>

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22 Jan 2023