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CHARACTERIZATION OF DESERT DATE (Balanites aegyptiaca)

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Determination of saponins 12<br />

- High performance liquid chromatography 12<br />

- Mass spectrometry 13<br />

Objectives and hypothesis 14<br />

- Objectives 14<br />

- Hypothesis 14<br />

CHAPTER 2 Characterization of the fruit mesocarp saponins of <strong>Balanites</strong> 16<br />

Introduction 16<br />

Materials and methods 17<br />

- Plant materials 17<br />

- Extraction and separation 18<br />

- Liquid chromatography 18<br />

- Mass spectrometry 19<br />

- NMR spectrometry 19<br />

Results 19<br />

- Analysis of B. <strong>aegyptiaca</strong> mesocarp extracts by LC-MS 19<br />

- LC-ESI-MS n characterization of mesocarp saponins 23<br />

- Structural analysis of the major mesocarp saponins by NMR 28<br />

Discussion 34<br />

Conclusions 36<br />

CHAPTER 3 Detection of saponins in B. <strong>aegyptiaca</strong> kernel cake and root<br />

extracts by LC-ESI-MS n 37<br />

Introduction 37<br />

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