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Acai Berry Palm - Just The Faqs

One of the newly discovered berry "stars" of antioxidant plants is the acai (ah-sigh-ee ") palm Berry (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) This is from the tropical regions of Central and South America.
The genus is after the muse Euterpe of Greek mythology and the great family of plants Arecaceae is appointed. The vernacular name is sometimes called Assai Palm.

Acai is good in the exotic functional food industry, known as a rich tasting, darkly pigmented (Deep blue-purple) fruit whose delicious juice consumed either from bottles or in combination with yogurt and other foods, health smoothie.

Where to get Acai palm trees grow and what are the characteristics of the berries?

According to Wikipedia, acai is a genus of 25-30 species of palms native to tropical Central and South America, from Belize to Brazil and Peru. It grows mainly along rivers, in floodplains and swamps. They are large, slender, attractive palms that grow 15-30 m high, with pinnate Leaves up to 3 m long. The fruit is a small, round, black-purple berry similar in size to a grape. They are produced in branched clusters of 700-900 fruits, to be picked by hand. Although its appearance is similar to that of a grape, the acai has a smaller amount of pulp and a single large seed about 7-10 mm in diameter.

What it is about the acai that has caught the attention of consumers?

Besides its deep blue color and delicious taste (hinting of chocolate), the preliminary analysis of nutrient content shows acai as one of the most nutritious tropical fruits and certainly an exceptional source of antioxidant pigments.

What nutrients are in the acai berry?

Although the data has not been published or independently verified, the early research shows about Acai, it is rich in vitamins A, B and C, minerals (particularly iron and calcium), fiber and protein. It also contains an omega-3 fatty acid, a beta-sitosterol (A plant sterol that inhibits the formation of cholesterol in humans) and essential amino acids. Oleic acid, an omega-9 fatty acids found in virgin Olive Oil is particularly rich in the acai.

What about the antioxidant strength of acai?

A manufacturer of Acai Products states on its website that acai has three times the antioxidant Power of blueberries and eight times that of strawberries. The most likely cause of this unusual antioxidant power would come from the dark blue pigments found in Acai Berry Skin - the large class of flavonoids called anthocyanins and particularly from two (cyanidin-3-glucoside and cyanidin-3-rutinoside), the main pigments are isolated from acai.

What say medical research into the health properties of Acai?

As a relatively new discovery, acai has in the online database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine published PubMed-only since 2004. Since then, only five reports are listed (June 2006).

Three studies analyzed the antioxidant properties of Acai, shows its strong effect against certain oxidising agents like peroxyl radicals and peroxynitrite. An interesting finding was that the total antioxidant capacity of acai in only 10% of the identified anthocyanins could be considered. This finding indicates, acai is that other, unknown, antioxidant phytochemicals loaded.

In 2006, a study at the University of Florida showed that acai antioxidants could induce more rapid death (apoptosis) of leukemia cells in vitro. This preliminary Research shows a possible anti-cancer effect of anthocyanins and other pigments, as shown for North American Studies dark berries like blueberries and black raspberries.

With the start of research to show remarkable benefits of acai, why not introduce this tasty berry into your diet?

Reading

* U.S. National Library of Medicine, PubMed, http://pubmed.gov

* Acai Products, Sambazon, href = "http://www.sambazon.com/acai.asp?pg" title = "http://www.sambazon.com/acai.asp?pg"> http://www.sambazon.com/acai . asp? pg = 13

* Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acai

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