Annona muricata


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Related to Annona muricata: soursop
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Noun1.Annona muricata - small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruitAnnona muricata - small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit
guanabana, soursop - large spiny tropical fruit with tart pulp related to custard apples
custard apple, custard apple tree - any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
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The authors thanks Fondo Sectorial de Investigacion para la Educacion, for the financial support by the grant: "Caracterizacion morfologica, bioquimica y genetica de guanabana (Annona muricata L.)" number 242718 and CONACyT for the Ph.D.
These results are consistent with previous studies of other acetogenin compounds, which were extracted from soursop leaves (Annona muricata), which showed that these compounds were able to reduce TNF-[alpha] levels.
Para ello en el buscador PubMed se utilizaron las palabras claves: Acetogenins and cancer, Acetogenins anticancer, Annona muricata, cancer, acetogenins y canine cancer; como buscador secundario se utilizo Scielo con las palabras claves cancer y acetogeninas.
(2006) Bephratelloides cubensis: comportamiento diurno y seleccion de frutos en guanabana (Annona muricata), pp.
The extract Annona muricata, generally known as guanabana, is largely distributed in tropical areas of South America and North America; all fractions of the A.
Conclusion: According to the experiment, it can be concluded that ethanol extract 96% of soursop Annona muricata L.) leaves with the concentration 5%, 15%, 25% can decrease the total plasma cholesterol rates in rat (Rattus norvegicus L.)
The soursop (Annona muricata L.) is a fruit tree native to tropical America [1].