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The early Spanish explorers of the 1500’s found Strawberry Guava, ‘Acca sellowiana O.,’ growing as a native tree in America, where they were firmly established from Mexico southward to Peru. History records that Seminole Indians were growing guava trees in Northern Florida in 1816.
Guava is a tropical fruit, cultivated mainly in the Asian countries. It is quite similar in shape to pear and has a rind that is green in color and changes to yellow ...
The combination of unique texture and sweet, tart flavor has made grapes an ever popular between-meal snack as well as a refreshing addition to both fruit and vegetable salads.
Grapes are small round or oval berries that feature semi-translucent flesh encased by a smooth skin. Some contain edible seeds while others are seedless. Like blueberries, grapes are often covered by a protective, whitish bloom. Grapes that are eaten as is or used in a recipe are called ...
The intelligence of the universe expresses itself through sacred and medicinal plants. India has always had the unique advantage of possessing a wide range of climatic, geographical and geological conditions wherein an infinite variety of these rare and precious herbs and trees could flourish. The medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, aromatic and sacred applications of these plants were well known to Ayurvedic practitioners, and they are still of immense benefit to us ...
T. Arjuna is a widespread medicinal plant used in the pharmacological system of medicine to care for various degenerative diseases. T. Arjuna bark consists of many useful compounds, such as flavonoids, tannins, phenols, phytosterols, saponins and alkaloids. Its antioxidant activity is largely due to flavonoids. The antioxidant and anti-microbial properties of T. Arjuna are responsible on presence of large amount of flavonoid components. So the results further ...
Japanese mint (Mentha arvensis var. piperascens) is an aromatic herb of temperate region. The oil and its principal aroma-compound menthol have cooling and gastro-stimulant properties, for which it is used in pharmaceuticals, food flavour, confectionery, cosmetics, beverages and related industries. In India, it is grown over around 50,000 ha land. The area has grown enormously during the last 3 years in Tarai districts of Uttar Pradesh, and parts of Punjab and ...
Turmeric is being used as a spice from the very early period of recorded history because of its colouring, flavour and digestive properties. It is an important and ancient spice known to have existed and been used even during Vedic and Biblical times.
Turmeric, botanically called “Curcuma Longa’, is essentially a crop of the tropics, with cultivation extending from India to Indo-China, East Indies, a portion of China and Sri Lanka. It is the ...
Garlic is among the oldest of all cultivated plants.Garlic is believed to have originated in Central Asia (India, Afganistan, China, Russia) and spread to other parts of the world through trade and colonization. Production of garlic stood at about 10 million tones per annum which is only about 10% that of bulb onion. Garlic has been played an important dietary and medicinal role throughout the history of mankind. Garlic is a nature’s boon to the mankind. ...
The intelligence of the universe expresses itself through sacred and medicinal plants. India has always had the unique advantage of possessing a wide range of climatic, geographical and geological conditions wherein an infinite variety of these rare and precious herbs and trees could flourish. The medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, aromatic and sacred applications of these plants were well known to Ayurvedic practitioners, and they are still of immense benefit to us ...
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) plant is widely distributed throughout the world and which belongs to the family Fabacecae. The yields can be significant increase in quantity and quality through the suitable management of cultivation, irrigation and harvesting. The plant contains active constituents such as alkaloids, flavonoids, steroids, Saponins etc. It is an old medicinal plant. It has been commonly used as a traditional food and medicine. Fenugreek ...
Aloe Vera looks like a cactus but it isn’t - the plant is a member of the lily family which includes garlic and onion. Inside the leaf is a jelly-like substance. Early users of Aloe Vera discovered that when the jelly was applied to a wound, it would heal faster - a remarkable feat in a time, long before anti-biotic ointments, when the infection of a minor wound was often fatal. Descriptions and instructions for twelve different recipes for the internal and ...
Medicinal plants are of great importance to the health of individuals and communities. The medicinal value of these plants lies in some chemical substances that produce a definite physiological action on the human body. The most important of these bioactive constituents of plants are triterpenoid saponin, flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids, phenolic compounds. Many of these indigenous medicinal plants are used as a spices and food plant. They are also sometimes added ...
Indian spices that provide flavor, color, and aroma to food also possess many therapeutic properties. Ancient Indian texts of Ayurveda, an Indian system of medicine, detailed the medicinal properties of these plants and their therapeutic usage. Recent scientific research has established the presence of many active compounds in these spices that are known to possess specific pharmacological properties. The therapeutic efficacy of these individual spices for ...