Fagonia arabica
L.
Zygophyllaceae
Fagonia boulosii Hadidi
Fagonia thebaica Boiss.
Fagonia tilhoana Maire
Common Name:
General Information
Fagonia arabica is a
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Africa - Morocco to Egypt (absent from Tunisia), Eritrea; W. Asia - Jordan
Habitat
Not known
Properties
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The aerial parts of the plant have been shown to have a strong inhibitory effect on the production of pancreatic lipase, thus helping to lower lipid levels in the body. It could, therefore, have a role to play in the treatment of obesity[
1278- Title
- Screening of Some Medicinal Plants for their Pancreatic Lipase Inhibitory Potential
- Publication
- Jordan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Volume 4, No. 2, pp 81-88; 2011
- Author
- Yasser Bustanji; Mohammad Mohammad; Mohammad Hudaib; Khaled
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2011
- ISBN
-
- Description
-
].
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Temperate Plants Database 2016 by
Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
