Soursop has many benefits. Inside are substances that can counteract gout, hypertension, osteoporosis, and can make the young. Among other benefits, increase endurance, healing hemorrhoids, and facilitate digestion of food.
For a healthy life, we are encouraged to consume 2-4 servings of fruit and 3-5 servings of vegetables per day. Fruits and vegetables are sources of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber which is very good. In addition, the soursop is also a source of phytochemical compounds that has recently been very useful for health.
We need to be grateful for our region overflowing with a variety of tropical fruit. Fruits are full of nutrition and nongizi components that are needed to optimize health.
One type of tropical fruit are very popular due to the sharp smell and taste the sweet acidity is soursop. The fruit is very easy to find, ranging from the traditional to the supermarket fruit market. In restaurants and hotels, soursop fruit is generally presented in the form of cold juice.
It was a sweet acidity that gives the sensation of its own for the fans. For those who like breakfast with bread, fruit soursop are also often added in the form of jam. Whatever the form of processed, soursop flavors remain strongly attached to the product so it is easily recognizable.
Fruit global
Soursop (Anona muricata Linn) is a close relative of Sugar-apple (Anona squamosa Linn). Soursop plants originated from tropical America, which is about Peru, Mexico, and Argentina. In the place of origin, soursop fruit is an important and prestigious.
This fruit is one of the first fruit trees were introduced into the world shortly after Columbus discovered the Americas. Soon after, the Spaniards brought to the Philippines and proven soursop plants can be grown in most tropical countries, including Indonesia. This plant grows well in Indonesia, from the lowlands to an altitude of 1,000 meters above sea level.
The word comes from the Dutch soursop, namely zuurzak. Zuur word means sour, meaning bag sacks. So, literally interpreted as sour pockets. In Malaysia, soursop called dutch durian (durian Dutch).
Another name for soursop is corossol / cachiman epincux (France), saucrapfel (Germany), guanabana / Zapote Agrio (Spain), thu-rian-rhaek (Thailand), seetha (Tamil), guayabano (Philippines), ciguofan Lizhi (China) , togebanreishi (Japan), and seremania (Fiji). In English, the fruit is known as soursop soursop because it tastes sweet acidity.
In Indonesia, soursop plant also called dutch or jackfruit jackfruit across. Plants can adapt and grow well in all areas. However, the plant has not been grown soursop massive, generally planted in the yard or limited yard.
Rich in vitamin C
Soursop fruit consists of 67.5 percent pulp, 20 percent of the fruit skin, fruit seeds 8.5 percent and 4 percent of the core pieces. The content of nutrients and dietary fiber per 100 grams of fruit soursop edible part can be seen in the table.
After water, contain the most nutrients in the soursop is carbohydrates.
One type of carbohydrate on soursop fruit is a reducing sugar (glucose and fructose) hearing levels from 81.9 to 93.6 percent of the total sugar content.
Soursop fruit contains very little fat (0.3 g/100 g) so it is good for health. Sour taste in soursop derived from nonvolatile organic acids, particularly malic acid, citric acid, and the acid isositrat.
Vitamins are the most dominant in soursop fruit is vitamin C, which is about 20 mg per 100 grams of fruit flesh. Requirement of vitamin C per person per day (ie 60 mg) have been met only by consuming 300 grams of meat soursop fruit.
The content of vitamin C is high enough on soursop is an excellent antioxidant to increase endurance and slow the aging process (stay young).
Minerals which are dominant enough phosphorus and calcium, respectively by 27 and 14 mg per 100 g. Both minerals are essential for the formation of bone mass that is useful to form strong bones and prevent osteoporosis.
Soursop excellence lies in the levels of sodium (sodium) is low (14 mg per 100 g), but high in potassium (potash), which is 278 mg per 100 g. Comparison of high potassium and sodium is very beneficial in preventing hypertension.
Rich in fiber
In addition to nutritional components, soursop fruit is also very rich in nongizi components. One of which is to contain a lot of fiber (dietary fiber), which reached 3.3 g per 100 g of fruit flesh.
Consumption of 100 g of fruit flesh can meet 13 percent of dietary fiber a day. Soursop fruit is a fruit that is rich in phytochemical compounds that can be ascertained that the fruits are very beneficial to health.
Some examples of phytochemical compounds contained in soursop fruit is: acetaldehyde, amyl-caproate, amyloid, annonain, anomuricine, anomuricinine, anomurine, anonol, atherosperminine, beta-sitosterol, campesterol, cellobiose, citrulline, coclaurine, coreximine, dextrose, galactomannan, geranyl -caproate, muricine, muricinine, muricapentocin, muricoreacin, procyanidin, stepharine, stigmasterol, tannins, xylosyl-cellulose
Phytochemical is certain to have health giving properties although not all scientifically proven. Various benefits of soursop for therapy, among other things, the treatment of gallstones, antisembelit, uric acid, and increased appetite. In addition, the fiber content also serves to facilitate digestion, especially for the treatment of constipation
Juice (juice) soursop in the digestive system will increase appetite. Other uses of this juice is for the treatment of lumbar aches and pains, hemorrhoids (piles), gallstones, and others