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Benefits Benefits of Fruit and Leaves Breadfruit For Medical Kidney, Liver, Hypertension, Heart, Itching Itching | Benefits Of Breadfruit
Posted on October 1, 2011 | Leave a comment

LIPI researchers say there are 42 plants that are considered influential on the cardiovascular system. Options examined in far more to breadfruit. All parts of breadfruit plants containing flavonoids. A number of flavone derivatives have been isolated and identified from the roots and branches of these plants before. Test results of the breadfruit, the plant has a distinctive flavonoids.

Breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis) is included in the family Moraceae family aka Mulberry or more commonly known as breadnut and the so-called seedless breadfruit. Classified as a true tropical breadfruit plants, grows best in the hot lowlands. This plant grows well in wet areas, but also can grow in a very dry soil and water provided there is adequate soil aeration. Breadfruit can even grow well in the atoll and on the beach. In the dry season, when other plants can not or declining production, it can grow and bear fruit breadfruit with bushy. No wonder, if the breadfruit as one of national food reserves.

Plants are grown in tropical regions, such as Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Indonesian people have traditionally used the leaves of breadfruit for the treatment of liver diseases, inflammation, heart, kidney, tooth pain, and itching. Taiwan society has traditionally used the roots and stems for the treatment of heart disease and hypertension.

A breadfruit weighs about 1.5 kg. Approximately 27% carbohydrates. From one breadfruit and weighs 1.35 kg of meat can be obtained 365 grams of carbohydrates. Thus, instead of rice, one breadfruit can be consumed by 3-4 people. Breadfruit that has been cooked well enough as a source of vitamins A and B complex but poor in vitamin C. Mineral content of Ca and P breadfruit better than the potatoes and roughly the same as those in sweet potato.