In Javanese, Noni fruit is known as pace. This plant comes from the Southeast Asian region and grows in the lowlands with a height of 1500 m. high mengkudu tree sencapai 3-8 m and has flowers white nose, funnel-shaped with a length of 1.5 cm. the fruit is shiny green and has large spots.
Gynecology and Chemical Compounds
Thoroughly, the fruit mengkudu classified as fruit that has complete nutrition. Nutritional substances that the body needs such as proteins, essential vitamins plus minerals, are available in sufficient quantities in the fruit and leaves mengkudu. Selenium, one of the minerals present is a great antioxidant. Various types of compounds contained in mengkudu include xeronin, plant sterols, alizarin, lizin, sodium, caprylic acid, arginine, proxeronin, anthraquinone, trace elements, phenylalanine, and magnesium.
Active substances contained in the juice mengkudu it can kill bacteria that cause infection, such as Pseudomonas, Aeruginosa, Proteus Morganii, Staphylococcus Aeureus, Bacillus Subtilis, and Escheria Coli. These anti-bacterial substances can also control pathogenic bacteria such as Salmonella Montevideo, Salmonella Thyphi, Shigella Dysentriae, Shigella Flexnerii, and Shigella Pradysenteriae.
One of the important alkaloids contained in noni fruit is xeronin. Noni fruit contains only a small amount of xeronin, but many contain proxeronin, a precursor of xeronin. Xeronine is absorbed by the body's cells to activate inactive proteins, regulate the structure, and form of active cells.
Benefits and Benefits Noni
Mengkudu has many active substances that are very nutritious in preventing and overcoming various diseases. Here are the benefits of Noni fruit:
Helps the body in the process of forming and restoring the body's cells.
Against the infecting bacteria
Neutralize free radicals
As a complete nutritious fruit
Widen the channel of blood vessels that have narrowing and blood circulation.
Anti-inflammatory and allergy
Fight against cancer cells
Activate enzymes and regulate protein function in the cell.
As a red dye that can be taken from the root skin of Noni plants.
How to Make Potions
To prevent hypertension, squeeze the raw noni fruit to be extracted, then mix with honey to taste. Drunk and repeated 2 days. In addition, mengkudu fruit can also be enjoyed by way of juice.
