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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

Ethnobotanic, Ethnopharmacologic Aspects and New Phytochemical Insights into Moroccan Argan Fruits.

Farid Khallouki, Mohamed Eddouks, Akdad Mourad, Andrea Breuer, Robert Wyn Owen

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Cytotoxic Triterpenes from Argan Pulp (Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  3. Nutraceutical Potential ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Farid KhalloukiDivisionof Preventive Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. farid_khallouki@yahoo.fr.
Mohamed EddouksTeam of Physiology, Nutrition and Endocrinology, Biology Department, FSTE, BP 509 Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco. mohamed.eddouks@laposte.net.
Akdad MouradTeam of Physiology, Nutrition and Endocrinology, Biology Department, FSTE, BP 509 Boutalamine, Errachidia, Morocco. akdad.mourad@gmail.com.
Andrea BreuerDivisionof Preventive Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. andrea.breuer@nct-heidelberg.de.
Robert Wyn OwenDivisionof Preventive Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases, Im Neuenheimer Feld 460, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany. r.owen@dkfz-heidelberg.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review summarizes available data on argan fruit botany, geographical distribution, traditional uses, environmental interest, socioeconomic role, phytochemistry, as well as health beneficial effects and examination of future prospects. In particular, ethnomedical uses of argan fruits are carried out throughout Morocco where it has been used against various diseases. Different classes of bioactive compounds have been characterized including essential oils, fatty acids, triacylglycerols, flavonoids and their newly reported acylglycosyl derivatives, monophenols, phenolic acids, cinnamic acids, saponins, triterpenes, phytosterols, ubiquinone, melatonin, new aminophenols along with vitamin E among other secondary metabolites. The latter have already shown a wide spectrum of in vitro, and ex vivo biologicalactivities including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic, antihypertensive, anti-hypercholesterolemia, analgesic, antimicrobial, molluscicidal anti-nociceptive and anticancer potential. Argan flesh (pulp) contains a broad spectrum of polyphenolic compounds which may have utility for incorporation into nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals relevant to the food, cosmetic and health industries. Further research is recommended, especially on the health beneficial effects of the aminophenols.

Indexed as

FruitHumansMetabolomeMetabolomicsMoroccoPhenolsPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsPlant OilsSapotaceaePhenolsPhytochemicalsPlant ExtractsPlant Oilsargan fruitsArgania spinosaargan oilbotanyethnobotanyhealth and environmental benefitssecondary metabolites

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PMID29084170
PMCPMC5713247

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