Kiwi Extract
Botanical Source: Actinidia chinensis PI-anch.
Part Used: Fruit
Main Ingredient: Actinidine; Carotenoids
Specification: Kivi Fruit Powder
Introductions:
The kiwi fruit is native to China and Taiwan, but today, cultivation is widespread throughout the world. Major producers of kiwi fruit include New Zealand, California, and Italy, but a significant harvest is obtained from several other countries including France, Israel, and Spain. The Hayward variety is the most commonly grown commercial cultivar because of its superior hardiness and long shelf life, but several other varieties, including one bearing a yellow-fleshed fruit, are now in production. The plant is a vigorous, deciduous climber that grows to about 9 meters in height, tolerating full sun or semi-shade. The scented flowers are insect pollinated and appear in summer. Individual flowers are dioecious (either male or female, but only one sex is found on any one plant, so both male and female plants are required for fruit production). The egg-shaped fruit has a furry, brown skin and firm, translucent, emerald green flesh with numerous small, edible, black seeds at the center. When ripe, it is very juicy with a refreshing acid flavor, often described as a mixture of strawberry and pineapple.
History
The fruit was originally known as the Chinese gooseberry, but after aggressive marketing by New Zealand fruit growers, became known as the kiwi fruit (partly because of the resemblance of the fruit to the appearance of the kiwi, a small, brown, flightless bird). It has been used in China as the basis for a flavorful wine and has a long tradition of use as a fruit beverage. Kiwi fruit juice has been used in some cultures as a traditional meat tenderizer. Other reported traditional uses include treatment of urinary calculi, and as a diuretic, febrifuge, and sedative.
Functions:
- Kiwi fruit contains rich vitamin and minerals, amino acids, it has high nutritional value;
- Promote gastrointestinal wriggle and reduce flatulence, and has the function of improving sleeping;
- Prevent senile plaque formation and delay the human consenescence.
- Prevent senile osteoporosis and inhibit the deposition of cholesterol in the artery wall, which control the arteriosclerosis;
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