scholarly journals Review on the pharmacological and health aspects of Hylocereus or Pitaya: An update

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 297-303
Author(s):  
Arifia Safira ◽  
Sonya Lerky Savitri ◽  
Aliyyah Revinda Bima Putri ◽  
Jonathan Mark Hamonangan ◽  
Bella Safinda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phenolic Compounds ◽  
Body Shape ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Crude Fiber ◽  
Dry Areas ◽  
Nutritional Analysis ◽  
Dragon Fruit ◽  
Distinctive Morphology ◽  
Oval Body

The need for fresh fruit and vegetables in the community is increasing, this is due to research which states that the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables can reduce the likelihood of disease. Hylocereus spp or dragon fruit is a medicine plant belonging to the Cactaceae family. The distinctive morphology found in dragon fruit is the shape of the skin which corresponds to the oval body shape. Dragon fruit can grow well in dry areas. Phytochemicals in dragon fruit or pitaya include carbohydrates, protein, saponin phenolic compounds, terpenoids, oils, flavonoids, tannins, phenols, coumarin, and steroids. Meanwhile, nutritional analysis shows that the fruit contains complete nutrition, including vitamins, fat, crude fiber, and minerals. Based on previous research, dragon fruit has been proven to be used as an alternative ingredient for antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antoxidant, antulcer, antipertility, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, hypopolidemic, neuroprotective, cardioprotective, and anti-platelet Keywords:  Hyolocereus, medicine, phytochemistry, pharmacology.

Consumer Expenditures on Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

2014 ◽  
pp. 147-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech J. Florkowski ◽  
Anna M. Klepacka ◽  
Padmanand Madhavan Nambiar ◽  
Ting Meng ◽  
Shengfei Fu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Consumer Expenditures

Active Packaging Systems to Preserve the Quality of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Juices, and Seafood

2021 ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Valentina Lacivita ◽  
Matteo Alessandro Del Nobile ◽  
Amalia Conte
Keyword(s):  
Active Packaging ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables

scholarly journals ‘Mbare Musika is ours’: An analysis of a fresh produce market in Zimbabwe

2020 ◽  
Vol 119 (476) ◽  
pp. 311-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiela Chikulo ◽  
Paul Hebinck ◽  
Bill Kinsey
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Produce ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
Collaborative Relationships ◽  
Food Markets ◽  
Daily Interactions ◽  
The Creation ◽  
State Interventions ◽  
Market Infrastructure ◽  
The City

Abstract The functioning of markets is premised on the creation of collaborative relationships and networks. Food markets in Zimbabwe are evolving in response to state interventions that aim to restructure the marketplace and the flow of produce. This article explores Mbare Musika, the oldest and largest marketplace in Harare supplying the city with fresh fruit and vegetables. We analyse Mbare Musika from the perspective of the interactions among farmers and retailers, vendors, transporters, intermediaries, officials, and customers, in creating and sustaining a specific enduring market. We use actor narratives to understand the ordering and (re)ordering of people and produce in the context of informalization, shifting polycentric relationships, and market infrastructure to sustain livelihoods anchored on the circulation of large volumes of diverse fresh produce. The market is overtly economic in outlook but, intrinsically, it is a social arena where discourses are continuously reconstructed, reproduced, and expressed through daily interactions. We situate Mbare Musika in past and present sociopolitical processes of transformation in Zimbabwe.

Liquid Chromatography, Microfluorometry, and Dye-Titration Determination of Vitamin C in Fresh Fruit and Vegetables

1983 ◽  
Vol 66 (6) ◽  
pp. 1377-1379
Author(s):  
Ron B H Wills ◽  
Pushparany Wimalasirl ◽  
Heather Greenfield
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Liquid Chromatography ◽  
Vitamin C ◽  
Dehydroascorbic Acid ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fruit And Vegetables ◽  
End Point ◽  
Liquid Chromatographic ◽  
Good Agreement

Abstract The vitamin C content of several fresh fruit and vegetables was determined by a liquid chromatographic (LC) method which gave simultaneous separate values for ascorbic acid and dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) and by the official AOAC methods of microfluorometry and dye-titration. The levels of ascorbic acid obtained by LC and dye-titration were in good agreement, except for a few colored products where it was difficult to determine the end point of the titration. The combined values for ascorbic acid and DHA obtained by LC and microfluorometry were in agreement for most produce, but for about one-third of the samples, the values obtained by microfluorometry were significantly higher.

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