Benefits of Noni Fruit

Know Mengkudu / Pace

3-8 m-tall tree with clear main stem. Leaves trimmed flat, yellowish green. The flowers are leaf-shaped tubers diketiak. The fruit is bumpy irregular. Reached 5-10 cm in length. pace to grow at a height of 1.000m asl calcareous soil.

The content and properties

Scopoletin, these compounds act regulate blood pressure. When high blood pressure, help lower scopoletin. Conversely, if blood pressure becomes low, he will raise it. In addition to antibacterial indicated, these compounds also regulate hormone serotonin, which helps reduce levels of anxiety and depression.

Morindin, this substance is efficacious in improving the body's defense system. In addition to the above two substances, pace also contains gum, malic acid, citric acid, and antiseptic compounds.

Research Results

Based on research, there are about 61 more efficacious compounds contained in Noni. They work synergistically and mysterious. For example, some compounds that play an active role in the treatment of certain diseases, it does not mean that only compounds that contribute. But it was also seconded by another compound. That's why taking the results of the extraction properties of the compounds would differ compared to if we drank noni juice as a whole.

Say in treating blood pressure. Noni juice can increase blood pressure for people with low blood but on the other side can lower blood pressure monitor for hypertension. This phenomenon will not occur in noni fruit extracted.

According to the research of dr. Mona Harrison of the faculty of Medicine, University of Bolton, the consumption of fruit juice will help provide hormone megkudu xeronine. Xeronine of noni works contradictory. In people with high blood pressure, xeronin lower blood pressure became normal. In people with low blood pressure, Noni increases blood pressure blood. In other words, noni juice serves as an adaptogen, balancing the body's cells function.

Noni contradictory effects have also been studied by Y. Murati (1981) from the Faculty of Medicine, Gadjah Mada University. Meat juice noni fruit provides a very significant change in heart, namely reducing the strength of heart muscle contraction, lowers heart rate and increase the number of heart coronary blood flow per minute.

Preclinical Test on lower leg cat show hypotensive effects, namely reducing the resistance of blood flow (vasodilation) of blood vessels under the cat's leg but also has a hypertensive effect. research by A.M. Djojosugito et al. (1975-1976) shows that, in noni juice at least there are two components that are opposite.

In search Luki ever pharmacy education in Bandung, Noni juice also contains scopoletin. One of its functions, cleaning deposits in blood vessels causes arteroklerosis. Thus, the blood vessels to be flexible so that the work of the heart to pump blood is not so heavy.

The results Dwiyanto FHA (1996) from the Faculty of Biology, Gadjah Mada University, Hadinoto et al. (1993) from the Department of Pharmacy UNHAS and I. Jumiati (1997) from the Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University, the fruit of pace to have the effect of lowering blood glucose levels in white rats. Mechanism of action of hypoglycemic glucose absorption through the intestinal barrier and increase insulin secretion.

So work mengkudu not directly reduce blood sugar levels. But increase the insulin that regulates the presence of sugar in the blood.

Pace also contains antiseptic and antibacterial pathogenic Eschericia colli ie, Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus. This is reinforced by a study of Esther (1992) from the Faculty of Pharmacy Gadjah Mada University.

Anne Hirazu, first in his doctoral thesis to prove that Noni contain gum arabic mature and various types of glucose that have the power and stimulate antitumor immunity. Aerta contain the active compound stimulates the pineal gland release serotonin and endorphins (morphine-body). So Morinda is often used in drug therapy.

Source: Magazine Flona