Gaz Alafi: A Traditional Dessert in the Middle East With Anticancer, Immunomodulatory, and Antimicrobial Activities

BackgroundFrom the earliest times, manna has been widely used as a tasty local sweet or folk medicine. The type of manna being investigated in the present study is called Gaz-alafi, a mixture of insect and Quercus brantii leaves secretions from oak forests in the north of Iraq and west of Iran.Metho...

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Main Authors: Meena A. Al Safi, Hasan M. Rashid, Fatma U. Afifi, Wamidh H. Talib
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Nutrition
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.900506/full