The content of soursop fruit

Soursop fruit consists of 67.5 percent pulp, 20 percent of the fruit skin, fruit seeds 8.5 percent and 4 percent of the core pieces.After water, the highest content of nutrients in the soursop is carbohydrates. One type of carbohydrate on soursop fruit is a reducing sugar (glucose and fructose) with levels of 81.9 to 93.6 percent of the total sugar content.

Soursop fruit contains very little fat (0.3 g/100 g), so it is good for health. Sour taste in soursop derived from non-volatile organic acids, mainly malic acid, citric acid, and acid isositrat.
Vitamins are the most dominant in the soursop fruit is vitamin C, which is about 20 mg per 100 grams of fruit flesh. Requirement of vitamin C per person per day (ie 60 mg), can be met only by consuming 300 grams of meat soursop fruit.

The content of vitamin C is high enough on the soursop is an excellent antioxidant to boost the immune system and slow the aging process (stay young).Dominant minerals are phosphorus and calcium, respectively by 27 and 14 mg/100 g. Both minerals are essential for the formation of bone mass, making

it useful to form strong bones and prevent osteoporosis. Soursop advantage lies in the levels of sodium (sodium) is low (14 mg/100 g) but high in potassium (potassium), which is 278 mg/l00 g. Comparison of high potassium and sodium are very beneficial in order to prevent hypertension disease.

In addition to nutritional components, soursop fruit is also very rich in non-nutritional components. One of them is a lot of fiber-containing food (dietary fiber), which reached 3.3 g / 100 g of fruit flesh.
Consumption of 100 g of fruit flesh can meet 13 percent of food needs of fiber a day. Soursop fruit is a fruit that is rich in phytochemical compounds, so as to ensure that the fruits are very much beneficial for health.

Phytochemical compounds are likely to have health giving properties, although not all scientifically proven. Range of benefits for therapy, among others, soursop treatment of gallstones, antisembelit, uric acid, and increased appetite. In addition, the fiber content also serves to facilitate digestion, especially for the treatment of constipation (hard bowel movements).Fruit juice (juice) soursop in the digestive system will increase the appetite. Other uses of this juice is for the treatment of sore and waist pain, hemorrhoids (piles), gallstones, and others.