African seed oils of commercial importance — Cosmetic applications
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Botanical aspects, uses, physico-chemical properties and oil composition as well as biological activity of six commercially important species are coherently united and reviewed in this paper and include; Adansonia digitata (baobab), Citrullus lanatus (Kalahari melon), Schinziophyton rautanenii (manketti/mungongo), Sclerocarya birrea (marula), Trichilia emetica (mafura butter)About:
This article is published in South African Journal of Botany.The article was published on 2011-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 153 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cosmetic industry.read more
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Application of microencapsulated essential oils in cosmetic and personal healthcare products – a review
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An updated review of Adansonia digitata: A commercially important African tree
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The Market Potential of Grape Waste Alternatives
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Antimicrobial activity of southern African medicinal plants with dermatological relevance: From an ethnopharmacological screening approach, to combination studies and the isolation of a bioactive compound
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Seeds recovered from industry by-products of nine fruit species with a high potential utility as a source of unconventional oil for biodiesel and cosmetic and pharmaceutical sectors.
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