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Antioxidants in Fruits: Properties and Health Benefits

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Loquat is considered to be a delicious wonder summer fruit because of its varied advantages. Being rich in various nutrients, it has good medicinal value. In most cases, the whole plant including the peel, flower, seeds followed by leaves is used. The biochemical activity of the fruit possesses antioxidative, anti-nitrosaminic, anticancerous, antimutagenic, and anti-peroxidant effect. Not only proteins, carbohydrates, and fats are present in rich amounts but also higher concentration of various vitamins and minerals is also found. Utilization of loquat as a traditional medicinal plant in curing many ailments like gastrointestinal, respiratory, heart, as well as urinary diseases provides insightful loads toward its utilization in food and pharmaceutical industries.

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Gupta, P., Priyanka, K., Sivanand, C. (2020). Loquat. In: Nayik, G.A., Gull, A. (eds) Antioxidants in Fruits: Properties and Health Benefits. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7285-2_30

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