Vol. 10, Issue 6 (2022)
Agroforestry species of Chrysophyllum albidum (G. Don), Irvingia gabonensis (Baill.) and Dialium guineense (Willd.): An overview focused on ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemical properties, recent achievements and future prospective
Author(s): Audray Vodounou, Euloge Sènan Adjou, Fréjuce M Kplaïssa, Edwige Dahouenon-Ahoussi and Dominique CK Sohounhloue
Abstract: Food is an essential need for a healthy life and leads to the search for balanced diets rich in fruits and containing sufficient amounts of nutrients and bioactive compounds. However, there are countless wild fruits with high nutritional potential that are undervalued and rot each year in large quantities. For lack of adequate valorization, these agroforestry species are disappearing from their natural ecosystems. The present study therefore aims to review the state of the art of research on agroforestry species of Chrysophyllum albidum, Irvingia gabonensis and Dialium guineense. To do this, search was carried out in scientific databases, including Science Direct, Scopus, PubMed and Agora, followed by a selection of suitable scientific research works that were analyzed. From the results obtained, it appears that scientific research on these different plant species are mainly on their agronomic and nutritional aspects, identification of bioactive compounds, as well as their ethnobotanical uses, showing that these agroforestry species have a great potential use in food and pharmaceutical industries. However, it would be interesting that future investigations were more focused on their biotechnological applications, such as production of compounds with high added value, propagation and fertilization, domestication and genetic improvement.
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Audray Vodounou, Euloge Sènan Adjou, Fréjuce M Kplaïssa, Edwige Dahouenon-Ahoussi, Dominique CK Sohounhloue. Agroforestry species of Chrysophyllum albidum (G. Don), Irvingia gabonensis (Baill.) and Dialium guineense (Willd.): An overview focused on ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemical properties, recent achievements and future prospective. Int J Chem Stud 2022;10(6):12-19.