RED FRUITS FROM PAPUA

Red fruit is a kind of traditional fruit from Papua Indonesia. By society Wamena, Papua, this fruit called kuansu. Pandanus Conoideus scientific name for red fruit crops including plant palmlike family with pandanus tree resembles, but plant height can reach 8 meters high with its own branch-free trunk 5-8 m tall reinforced tunjang roots on the stem side down. 

Oval-shaped fruit cultivars with leaf buds covered fruit. Red fruits of his own long reach 55 cm, 10-15 cm in diameter, and weighs 2-3 kg. The color is maroon colored when ripe bright, even though there are plants that bear fruit is brown and yellowish brown. 

For people in Wamena, red fruit food served to fuel the traditional party rock. However, there are many who use it as a drug. Traditionally, red fruit from ancient generations has been consumed for many efficacious in curing various diseases such as preventing eye diseases, intestinal worms, skin, and increase fitness.

In red fruit contained Tocopherol womb and high karetonoid. 

Karotenoids 

Carotenoid is pigment yellow, orange to red are found in many fruits. 

a-carotene in the red fruit, has a 2 ring. a-ring of karitinoid in the body is converted into vitamin A by enzymes, dioxygenase into retinal and retinal molecule is reduced to retinol (vitamin A). 1 molecule of a carotene can be converted into two molecules of vitamin A. 

b-carotene is the most dominant karetonoid on red fruit, which is widely used as a food coloring, and cosmetics. In addition to the dye b-carotene also acts as an antioxidant, several studies reported that consumption of b-carotene may reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, cardiovascular disease, prevent LDL cholesterol, protects the body from cancer. A study membuktian that beta-carotene is 30-60mg a day for 2 months will make the cells of the body have more natural killer cells and T-lymphocytes helpers and more aktifhal is very good for preventing cancer. 

In addition to womb carotenoids and tocopherols red fruit also contains saturated fatty acids such as lauric acid, palmiat, stearic and unsaturated fatty acids such as palmitoleic, oleic, linoleic, omega-3 and others....

Tocopherol

 Tocopherol (vitamin E) for in just known as a youthful drug to add beautiful. In fact, tocopherol serves a similar function as beta-carotene, which is a degenerative disease prevention. Improvement of the immune system can be generated by khadiran tocopherol, lymphocytes, and mononuclear in the body so that it will be able to reduce morbidity and mortality. Tocopherol is able to overcome or inhibit the formation of carcinogens carcinogen target cells that will be able to prevent the occurrence of cancer cases. 

Tocopherol can also lower LDL cholesterol and raise HDL evil. Results of clinical trials indicate that patients with heart disease or stroke felt smoother changes such as respiration and blood pressure and heart rate to normal. 

Tocopherol functions likened kebakaranm extinguisher that will turn off the invasion of free radicals and neutralize cholesterol in the blood. If sebuan free radicals can not be driven and kolestreol in the blood can not be neutralized then there will be a very harmful effect because it is a trigger for sudden death.

Active compounds         contents 

energy                            394 calories 

proteins                          3,300 mg 

fat                                  28,100 mg 

fiber                               20.900 mg 

calcium                          54,000 mg 

phosphorus                    30 mg 

iron                                2.44 mg 

vitamin B1                      0.9 mg 

vitamin C                        25.7 mg 

Nialin                             1.8 mg 

water                              34.9%

total carotenoid               12,000 ppm 

total tocopherol               11,000 ppm

Beta-carotene                 700 ppm 

Alpha-tocopherol            500 ppm 

oleic acid                        58% 

linoleic acid                     8.8%

linolenic acid                   7.8%

decanoate                      2.0%

Now, it has more than 1000 patients with diseases could feel the efficacy of red fruit. Start of cancers, tumors, cysts, liver, cirrhosis, diabetes, gout, high blood pressure, stroke, prostate disorders, to osteoporosis. Even some people with HIV / AIDS in Jayapura who consume red fruit juice was now beginning to smile again.

One indication of the perceived cure is a fresh body condition and increasing the patient's weight. Instead, the results of laboratory tests on the blood of a patient who consume red fruit proves the increase in value of CD4 (parameter one person infected with HIV / AIDS). The original value of CD4 below 100 increased to 400 after 6 months of eating red juice. Healthy person has a CD4 count above 450. Moreover, CD8 positive initially, has now turned negative.