24 Feb, 2009

Solanum Muricatum – Pepino Is Like a Drug

Posted by: admin In: Functional Foods

Pepino’s (Solanum Muricatum) homeland is South America. It includes high amount of potassium, calcium,  and A, B, C, K vitamins. Solanum Muricatum gets attention due to its delicious taste like melon, banana and ananas.

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Due to its high amount of potassium content Solanum Muricatum decreases blood sugar and due to its high amount of vitamins A, B, C content it prevents against cancer and hearth attack.

What Are The Benefits Of  Solanum Muricatum?

  • Increasing Buddy resistance
  • Being anti-inflammatory for wound and teeth
  • Amplifying blood vessel
  • Decreasing cholesterol
  • Decreasing aches
  • Curing anemia
  • Being aphrodisiac
  • Regulating sleep
  • Regulating menses
  • Decreasing psychological problems during menopause period
  • Making easy blood clotting and preventing hemophilia
  • Curing arthralgia
  • Causing bone development of children
  • Anti-agent effect

How to Keep Pepino

Pepino is very sensitive to cold. +5 °C  (fridge temperature) demages its body and in 0 °C it fully dry.
So, It has to be kept in warm conditions, above +5 °C

Nutritional Facts Of  Solanum Muricatum

  • 1 kg Pepino includes:
  • 56 g water soluble dry material
  • 57 g water soluble sugar
  • 1 g protein
  • 480 mg vitamin C
  • 1150 mg potassium
  • 107 mg phosphor
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