Physiological and morphological adaptations of the fruit tree Ziziphus rotundifolia Lamk. Ziziphus a multipurpose fruit tree for arid regions. Heidelberg, Stuttgart, New York. We are also interested in the content and composition of the mucilagenous polysaccarides we detected in the leaves of Ziziphus species. These mucilage may act as an extracellular waterbinding capacitor.
Research is under way and a manuscript is in revision.
Together with our partners from the Institute of Pharmacy of the FU Berlin we investigated the antimicrobial potential of a series of Ziziphus extracts. The most antimicrobially active plants was Z. rotundifolia , whereas, the least active plant was Ziziphus jujuba . Of all extracts the MTB-MeOH extract was the most active, whereas, the petrol ether extract was less active, indicating the presence of hydrophylic compounds as biologic active natural products. Antimicrobial activity of some Ziziphus species used in traditional medicine. Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Letters 10, 38-40.