Sugar Apple
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Other Names : Annona squamosa (tree), sweetsop, custard apple, ata, aati, mati anoda, awzar thee, atis, foreign lychee (番鬼荔枝), sólberkja, Sitaphal, আতা, સીતાફળ, sharifa शरीफ़ा
The fruit of Annona squamosa, the most widely grown species of Annona and a native of the tropical Americas and West Indies.
See also : Custard Apple
Special Precautions of Sugar Apple
The roots of the sugar apple tree are powerful enough to induce abortions.
Health Benefits and Uses of Sugar Apple
Sugar-apple is high in energy, an excellent source of vitamin C and manganese, a good source of thiamine and vitamin B6, and provides vitamin B2, B3 B5, B9, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium in fair quantities.
- The mashed, ripe fruit, mixed with salt, is applied on tumors.
- Unripe fruit is also taken in for diarrhea and dysentery.
- Decoction of unripe fruit used as wound wash.
- Pulp juice is taken to expel intestinal worms.
- Crushed seeds mixed with coconut oil and apply on scalp to get rid of lice.
- Cancer : The APEO demonstrated anti-hepatoma activity against SMMC-7721 hepatoma cell line with IC50 lower than 55 μg/mL. At the same time, nucleus shrinkage or broken were found in cells incubated with APEO through fluorescent microscope. In addition, pro-apoptosis and cell cycle arrest effects were confirmed by flow cytometry analysis.
