95428 20230914083302.0 doi 10.3390/plants9091180 sideral 119249 ART-2020-119249 eng Martín Ramos, Pablo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-2713-2786 On the physicochemical characteristics and applications of an “undesirable” Pyrenean thorny cushion dwarf: Echinospartum horridum (Vahl) Roth 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Small evergreen shrubs of the family Fabaceae represent a large proportion of current Mediterranean mountain vegetation. Their low pastoral value and tendency for encroachment makes these plants undesirable. In this paper, the thermal and chemical characteristics of Echinospartum horridum, a thorny cushion-shaped dwarf shrub native to the French Central Massif and the Pyrenees (particularly dominant in the shrublands of the Pyrenees), have been analyzed with a view to its valorization. Although the higher and lower heating values of the biomass from E. horridum met the ISO 17225-2:2014 requirements for its use in pellets, the ash content was slightly above the upper limit, so it would not comply with the normative for its acceptable use as a fuel. Nevertheless, the presence of high added-value flavonoids and lignans in its extracts, which are receiving increasing recent interest as efficient anti-tumor drugs and antivirals, may open the door to the valorization of this shrub for pharmacological applications. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.935 2020 PLANT SCIENCES 47 / 235 = 0.2 2020 Q1 T1 0.892 2020 Ecology 2020 Q1 Plant Science 2020 Q1 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2020 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Martín Gil, Jesús Gómez García, David Cuchí Oterino, José Antonio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9067-2940 5011 500 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Area Ingeniería Agroforestal 9, 9 (2020), 1180 [13 pp.] Plants 2223-7747 3035778 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/95428/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 401246 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/95428/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:95428 articulos driver 2023-09-13-10:53:29 ARTICLE