What are the effects of the passion fruit tree that the woman survived 7 days after falling into the abyss?

So what is the effect of the tree, the fruit of the passion fruit?

Sharing with reporters, Dr. Luong Y Phung Tuan Giang, President of the Vietnam Institute for Research and Development of Traditional Medicine, said that passionflower is no stranger to Vietnamese people, not only being a wild plant, but also a fern and a passion fruit. The plants are edible and are also used as medicine in traditional medicine.

Passion fruit (Passiflora foetida L.), belongs to the passion flower family (Passifloraceae). In folklore, Lac Tien is also known as bunch of sacks, longan, net rope, lucky wedge, gourd string, western session, etc.

Peanut tree

Lac Tien is a type of vines with coiled, hollow tassels. Leaves alternate, about 7cm long, up to 10cm wide, divided into 3 pointed lobes. Leaves torn at the edge. Tassels grow from the leaf axils. Flowers white, with filamentous corolla, purple. The round, bracts-covered fruit exists as an outer sheath. The fruit is ripe yellow and edible. The whole plant is hairy.

The passion plant is known to be native to Central America and South America. Currently, this plant is quite easy to live and distributed in many areas. In Vietnam, it is easy to find the passion fruit growing scattered along the roadside or in the forest or mountainous areas with heights of 100m or more.

Luong Y Phung Tuan Giang also added that the drug of passion fruit is widely used in folk medicine as a remedy for nervousness, anxiety, and insomnia. This species has also been included in the Vietnamese Pharmacopoeia and many health care preparations have been made from Lac Tien.

Passion fruit has a sweet taste, characteristic aroma, is a rich source of antioxidants such as vitamin A, vitamin C, polyphenols, beta-cryptoxanthin and carotenoids as well as other minerals. Passion fruit is a natural source of vitamins and minerals, anti-aging, good for skin and nerves.

Helps to relax, relieve pain, anti-inflammatory

Passion fruit is known to be a relaxing herb, reducing stress and helping to sleep. According to traditional medicine, passion fruit has a sweet taste and cool properties; attributed the sutras, can; It has sedative, purifying, and detoxifying effects.

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Passion fruit has been interested by many researchers around the world to evaluate a number of pharmacological effects such as:

Relax, calm

According to many studies, passionflower flower, leaf, stem and fruit extracts are all used to combat anxiety and insomnia. The mechanism of psychoactive effects of passion flower is not known exactly, possibly because it helps increase GABA levels (a neurotransmitter inhibitor; has a relaxing, sedative effect).

Boost immunity

A polysaccharide (PFP1) isolated from passion fruit. Structural analysis revealed that PFP1 is a heteropolysaccharide and is composed of mannose (48.83%), galactose (32.46%), glucose (6.21%), arabinose (5.88%), fructose (2.24). %), galacturonic acid (2.20%), xylose (1.17%), fucose (0.17%), ribose (0.05%) and glucuronic acid (0.78%).

The results of immunoprecipitation assays showed that PFP1 can clearly promote NO production and cytokine secretion (TNF-α and IL-6) by RAW264.7 macrophages. These findings demonstrate that passion fruit can be used as a potential immune-boosting functional food.

Pain relief, anti-inflammatory

The ethanol extract of passionflower leaves was evaluated for its experimental analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. The results showed significant analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity.

In recent studies, one polyphenol in passion fruit, piceatannol, has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties.

Antioxidant

Passion fruit is effective against the harmful effects of free radicals and oxidative stress thanks to its carotenoid and flavonoid polyphenol components.

Anti-osteoporosis

In a study to evaluate the skeletal effects of butanolic fraction from passionflower in a bone loss model in estrogen-deficient mice, this extract was found to have anti-osteoporotic effects in estrogen deficiency due to its ability to stimulate osteoclast function and inhibition of osteoclast function.

Some other studies also identified the activities of passion fruit such as antibacterial, antifungal, anti-diarrheal… showing the potential of this medicinal herb for natural medicine.

In medicine, passion fruit can be combined with other medicinal herbs to treat insomnia, mental disorders, epilepsy, arrhythmias, hypertension, drug addiction support, etc. potentiates the effect of sedatives or other psychotropic drugs.

N. Huyen