The benefits of annona muricata
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Details the formal and informal uses for this super fruit.
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The benefits of annona muricata
- 1. THE BENEFITS OF ANNONA MURICATA “A closer look at this super fruit”
- 2. OBJECTIVES • To explore the background of the soursop •To illustrate products & derivatives of soursop • To highlight the traditional and non-traditional uses of soursop
- 3. THE BACKGROUND Annona Muricata comes from the Graviola tree and is a member of the custard apple family. The low-branching tree is evergreen with shiny green and leathery leaves & a fruit with green prickly skin & white creamy pulp on the inside. The fruit, its leaves, seeds and stems are used in alternative medicine and is the subject in formal medicine research.
- 4. TRADITIONAL USES OF SOURSOP
- 5. USES OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLANT & FRUIT Non-Ingesting Uses • Treating external parasitic infestations • Used as an insecticide Anti-Cancerous Uses • Tumour reduction • Eliminate metastasis Regular Herbal Medicine Uses • Hypotensive properties • Treatment of the nervous system • Anti-viral and anti-fungal properties
- 6. NON-TRADITIONAL USES OF SOURSOP
- 7. THE CHEMOPOTENTIAL BENEFIT The orally administered leaf extract has the potential to suppress colon cancer development. Compounds found in soursop, hampered the survival and proliferating properties in pancreatic cancer. the extract showing the ability to kill some types of liver and breast cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy drugs.
- 8. THE HYPOTENSIVE BENEFIT • High Blood Pressure is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths, about 12.8% of the total of all deaths in the world. • Annona Muricata extract from its leaves produced lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure without an impact on the heart rate. • The findings had supported the traditional herbal use for the treatment of hypertension.
- 9. PRODUCTS & DERIVATIVES Foods Sweet Treats (Juice, Jelly, Ice- Cream, Yogurt, Syrup) Wine & Alcoholic Beverage Medicines Soursop Leaf Powder Herbal Supplements
- 11. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS “Questions are at the heart of learning”