Chikoo

Chikoo has tremendous medicinal properties like anti-diabetic, anti-oxidant, hypo-cholesterolemic and anti-bacterial. It helps in over-all development of children right from brain to digestive. Lets say " A chikoo a day keeps the disease away"

1. Manilkara zapota: Chikoo
Presented by
Dr. Sudhakar Kokate
Director PPRC, India
Super-Nutritious
&
Multi-beneficial fruit

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 Kids
 Babies
 Pregnant mothers
 Lactating mothers
 Aspirants
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3.  India, Bangladesh Chikoo, Sapota
 Malaysia, S. Asia, Pakistan Chiku, Ciku
 Philippines Tsiko
 Indonesia Sawa
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4.  Vietnam Hong xiem
 Sri Lanka Sapodilla
 Thailand Lamut
 Venezuela Nispero
 Brazil Sapoti
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 Family: Sapotaceae
 Genus: Manilkara
 Species: Zapota

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 South Mexico
 Central America
 Caribbean
 Introduced to The Philippines
during squash colonization

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 India
 Thailand
 Malaysia
 Cambodia
 Indonesia
 Bangladesh

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 Ht – Max 100 feet, Avg 30-50 feet, Trunk 5 feet
 Bark – Rich in white gummy latex called chickle
 Leaves – Evergreen, glossy alternate, length 7-15
cms, entire margin
 Flowers – White bell like 6 lobed Corolla
 Fruit – Large 4-15 cm ellipsoid berry, soft, edible,
2-5 black seeds per fruit, sweet & malty flavour

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 Energy : 347 KJ (83 Kcal)
 Carbohydrate : 19.96 gm
 Dietary fibre : 5.3 gm
 Proteins : 0.44 gm
 Fat : 1.1 gm

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 Calcium : 21 mg
 Iron : 0.8 mg
 Magnesium : 12 mg
 Phosphorus : 12 mg
 Potassium : 192 mg
 Sodium : 12 mg
 Zinc : 0.1 mg

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 Riboflavin B2 : 0.02 mg
 Niacin B3 : 0.2 mg
 Pantothenic acid B5 : 0.252 mg
 Vitamin B6 : 0.037 mg
 Folate B9 : 14 microg
 Vitamin C : 14.7 mg

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₪ Good source of Vitamin A : Improves vision
₪ High energy content contains
fructose & sucrose : Instant energy
₪ High tannins : Improves health of
the digestive tract

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₪ Very good source of Anti-oxidants, dietary fibres,
Vitamin A, B : Helps in fighting lung cancer and
oral cavity cancer
₪ Makes bones healthy and powerful
₪ Improves skin texture

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₪ Aids in relieving constipation
₪ Assists in stopping blood loss during piles or other
injuries
₪ Seed paste is useful for insect bite
₪ Vitamin C enhances immunity

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₪ Improves mental health as an effective sedative. It
calms the nerves and ease stress
₪ Beneficial fruit for the person suffering from
Depression, Insomnia and anxiety
₪ Effective in common cold and chronic cough

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₪ Being a diuretic helps in removing urinary bladder
and kidney stones or other kidney diseases
₪ Useful in weight loss and prevents obesity
₪ Cures tooth cavity being high in Latex content
₪ Magnesium makes blood vessels healthy

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₪ It always maintains the body water concentration –
water retention
₪ Potassium content helps in regulating blood
pressure and blood circulation
₪ Good relief from pains and muscle spasms

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₪ Folate-iron content prevents occurrence of anaemia
₪ Paste of chikoo flowers and fruits : effective for
pulmonary problems
₪ Eating chikoo regularly provide all essential
nutrients required to maintain healthy hair

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₪ High energetic fruit – high carbohydrates and
essential nutrients for pregnant, lactating mother
₪ Reduces weakness in pregnancy and symptoms like
nausea and dizziness
₪ Effective in skin irritation

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₪ Helps in removing dandruff from hair : paste of
fruit seeds and castor oil, apply on scalp
₪ For healthy beautiful skin : sapote is MUST

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 Boosts immunity system
 For proper eye-sight
 Brain development
 Improves lipid metabolism

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 Haemoglobin level is increased
 Maintains proper cell division
 Proper bone growth
 Protects from infectious diseases

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Methanolic extract of whole fruit possesses active
phytochemicals. These help in killing cancerous cells
(apoptosis)
Types of cancer: Leukemia, Breast, Ovarian, Lung
…..Credit goes to Indian Scientists from Indian
Institute of Science (IISC), Institute of
Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore

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1)To study anti-diabetic and anti-oxidant properties
of Leaves of Chikoo
2)Investigation of Sapota as an anti-bacterial
product for infectious diseases
3)To find the mechanism of action of active
principle from Sapota using animals as test system

37. Chikoo recipes

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