Publications by authors named "Abraham Yirgu"

Aroma has a crucial role in assessing the quality of fresh fruit and its processed versions, which serve as reliable indications for advancing local cultivars in the mango industry. The aroma of mango is attributed to a complex of hundreds of volatile, polar, and nonpolar metabolites belonging to different chemical classes like monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, nonterpene hydrocarbons (alkanes), alcohols, esters, fatty acids, aldehydes, lactones, amides, amines, ethers, and many more. This study looked at the volatile, nonpolar, and polar metabolites from 16 mango cultivars to determine their relative quantities and intervarietal changes using hexane, ethanol, and solid-phase microextraction (SPME), followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis.

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Content: Plant-based natural products have served as sources of remedies against pathogenic microorganisms. Although the biological activities of (Santalaceae) species are widely recognized, there is no scientific evidence for A. Rich.

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is a hemi-parasitic shrub. It is known for treating various health ailments. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, toxicity, and chemical characterization of the leaf extracts of collected from the host plant in Ethiopia.

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Article Synopsis
  • Traditional medicine is vital in rural Ethiopia, with a significant reliance on herbal remedies for snakebite treatment, but a comprehensive list of these plants is lacking.
  • A literature review, analyzing 67 academic sources, identified 184 plant species used for snakebites, highlighting that most of these are shrubs and climbers, with roots and leaves being the primary parts used for remedies.
  • The study emphasizes the need for future research to not only understand the medicinal properties of these plants but also to focus on their conservation and cultivation.
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