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Annona Squamosa Essay

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ANNONA SQUAMOSA
INTRODUCTION
Aannona squamosa is a small,well branched tree or srub from te family ANNONACEAE that bears edible fruit called sugar apples. It tolerates a tropical lowland climate better tan its relative annona reticulate ana annona cherimola (whose fruits often share the same name) SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Magnolids
Family: Annonaceae
GENUS:ANNONA
STEAM AND LEAVES
Branches with a light brown bark and visible leaf scars ;inside bark light yellow and slightly bitter ;undergrowth become brown with light yellow brown dots( lenticles-small,oval ,rounded spots upon the stem or branch of a plant, from which the original tissues may obtrude or roots …show more content…

The sugar apple is a fruit, which is pale green. The pulp is characteristic of the Annonaceae family, creamy-white, perfumed and sweet. The fruit contains numerous black seeds which are ellipsoid to obovoid, 1-1.4 cm in size while flowers are yellowish green. Annona squamosa is eager to grow at altitudes of 0 metre to 2,000 metre and does well in hot dry climates; at much lower altitude than a lot of of the other fruit bearer in its …show more content…

squamosa aqueous extract to diabetic rats for 30 days significantly reduced the levels of blood glucose, lipids and lipid peroxidation, but increased the activities of plasma insulin and antioxidant enzymes, like catalase, superoxide dismutase, abridged glutathione and glutathione peroxidase.

The present study highlights the possible use of A. squamosa L. leaves extracts as a source of antioxidants and as antibacterial agents that can be used to prevent food spoilage. The study showed that the results of extraction yield, total phenolic compounds and bioactivity tests varied depending on the type of solvent being used. The study revealed that the leaves of A. squamosa L. contain a considerable quantity of phenolic compounds that were found to be the major contributor for their antioxidant and antibacterial activities. Future research should be addressed on the application of usingA. squamosa L. leaves as natural food preservative and to protect against peroxidative damage in living systems related to aging and carcinogenesis. Results suggested that Annona squamosa and Catunaregam nilotica phenolic compounds could be utilized as a natural

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