‘Disposed’ Mango Seeds Have Many Benefits, Studies Say

‘Disposed’ Mango Seeds Have Many Benefits, Studies Say

Mango lovers' adventure with their favorite fruit ends when they eat it and reach the seed, which ends up in the garbage. However, this disposed of seed could have a high nutritional and pharmaceutical value, and could be used in producing biofuel, as suggested by many recent studies conducted by different teams around the world.

Egypt is the first in the Arabic region, and the eighth in the world, producing mango with 1.2 tons annually, concentrated in the Ismailia and Sharqia governorates, according to the Egyptian ministry of agriculture’s statistics.

Since mango emerged in Egypt, during the rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha, in 1825, mango seeds have been disposed of in garbage bins, making a scene that caught the attention of researchers around the world.

One study was conducted in Nigeria, which produces 917,000 tons of mango annually, by a team at the University of Nigeria’s department of biology, who figured out a way to produce biofuel using this neglected resource (mango seed).

In the study, which was published in last month’s issue of the journal Heliyon, researchers have proved that the starch in the mango seed can be used as an intermediate to produce Ethanol fuel.

The researchers explained that to produce starch, mango