Persimmon
(Tendu) fruit of winter season – Full of nutrients
Persimmon fruits scientific name is Diospyros virginiana. Persimmon
fruit is a golden yellow, round or oval, flavorful, smooth textured delicacy
found in India . Its sweet, delicious flesh contains nutrients such as
vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants that are vital for optimum health.
Persimmons contain flavonoid poly-phenolic anti-oxidants catechins and
gallocatechins. Catechins are known to have anti-infective, anti-inflammatory
and anti-hemorrhagic (prevents bleeding from small blood vessels) properties.
Persimmons contain anti-oxidant compounds like vitamin-A, beta-carotene,
lycopene, lutein, zea-xanthin and cryptoxanthin.
These compounds functions
as protective scavengers against oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive
oxygen species (ROS) that play a role in aging and various disease processes.
Persimmons are also a very good source of vitamin-C, another powerful
antioxidant helps the body develop resistance against infectious agents and
scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals.
The fruit is good in many
valuable B-complex vitamins such as folic acid, pyridoxine (vitamin B-6),
thiamin...etc. These vitamins act as co-factors for numerous metabolic
enzymatic functions in the body. Fresh Persimmon fruits also contain healthy
amounts of minerals like potassium, manganese, copper and phosphorus.
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