NUTRACEUTICAL STUDIES ON PASSIFLORA EDULIS – PASSION FRUIT

Authors

  • V. N. ARIHARAN Department of Biomedical Engineering, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay – 629 180, Tamilnadu, India
  • V. N. MEENA DEVI Department of Physics, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay, Tamilnadu, India
  • P. NAGENDRA PRASAD Department of Biomedical Engineering, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Noorul Islam University, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay – 629 180, Tamilnadu, India

Keywords:

Ethno botany, Nutraceutical, vitamin c, calcium

Abstract

An ethno botanical survey was conducted in order to explore the ethno medicinal plants used by the Kani tribal people in Pechipparai forest range (Southern western Ghats) in Kanyakumari District of Tamilnadu, South India. During the survey, the author’s documented 15 plants belong to eight different families which are having fruits with medicinal and nutritional value. Passiflora edulis is one which looks like an ornamental plant but the fruits are having high medicinal values. It also contains high amount of vitamin C in the fruits. The fruit is used as a heart tonic, digestive stimulant, body cooling, anti-asthmatic, bronchitis, diuretic and anti oxidant. The nutrabolic content, the medicinal uses and the cultivation methods are given in this communication.

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31.12.2013

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V. N. ARIHARAN, V. N. MEENA DEVI, & P. NAGENDRA PRASAD. (2013). NUTRACEUTICAL STUDIES ON PASSIFLORA EDULIS – PASSION FRUIT. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 4(4), 176–179. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/2744

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Volume 4, Issue 4, 2013

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