“…The plum fruit is a good source of vitamins, minerals, fiber and enzymes that are good for the digestive system and positively associated with nutrient intake, improves anthropometric measurements; the prune is a useful antistresser (Hiramoto, 2008) and reduces risk of hypertension (Beals and Fulgoni, 2005;Ahmed et al, 2010a). Besides various sugars, acids, pectins, tannins and enzymes, European plum fruits also contain several important secondary metabolites such as flavonoids and phenolic acids (Tomas-Barberan et al, 2001;Gil et al, 2002;Walkowiak-Tomczak et al, 2008;Slimestad et al, 2009), with a strong antioxidant capacity (Kahkonen et al, 1999;Nakatani et al, 2000;Vinson et al, 2001;Kayano et al, 2002Kayano et al, , 2003Kayano et al, , 2004Kikuzaki et al, 2004;Kimura et al, 2008;Rop et al, 2009;Dhingra et al, 2014). Ascorbic acid is another antioxidant present in plum fruit, essential for higher primates and a small number of other species (Gil et al, 2002).…”