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soursop

soursop

A spiky tropical fruit related to the Paw Paw and Cherimoya with a strawberry-pineapple-sour citrus flavor. Needs humidity and warm climate, white pleasant-scented flower. Also called Graviola for it’s cancer-fighting properties. White edible custard-apple flesh. Natural News touted soursop at being 10,000 times more effective at killing cancer than chemotherapy. Studies showed it could effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer. It hunts down cancer cells but does no harm to healthy cells. Used against internal parasites and worms, high blood pressure, depression, stress and nervous disorders. Do not take if preganant.
Edible Plant Guide © 2012 Markus Rothkranz
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Se consideraron diez arboles de guanabana por localidad, de los que se cortaron aleatoriamente dos hojas de la parte media por punto cardinal, mismas que fueron depositadas en bolsas de papel estraza.
En cuarto lugar la esencia de guanabana con un 53% de aceptacion y por ultimo la esencia de guayaba con un 34% de aceptacion.
Pelayo-Zaldivar, "Danos por frio en guanabana. Indice de corte y tratamientos postcosecha," Revista Chapingo Serie Horticultura, vol.
<< Composicion quimica y actividad antioxidante de pulpa, hojay semilla de guanabana Annona muricata L., >> Interciencia.
Varieties include The Original; Strawberry & Guanabana; Acai & Blueberry; Mango & Coconut; and Green Tea & Honey.
At the largest farmers market in Tegucigalpa, Pernot ate tortillas stuffed with beans, eggs, cheese and assorted meats and other treats, plus exotic fruits like mangosteen, guanabana and abiu, which are not commonly found in the U.S.
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