Passion to Profession: A review of Passion fruit Processing

Abstract

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) is a nutritious tropical fruit belongs to the family Passifloraceae. The purple passion fruit is local from southern Brazil through Paraguay to northern Argentina. India, for a long time, has appreciated a moderate collect of purple passion fruit in the Nilgiris in the south and in various parts of northern India. The Passion fruit has good amount of antioxidants, flavanoids, anti- inflammatory, anti- bacterial, anti- fungal and anti- ageing properties. This fruit has huge economical importance as all the parts of this fruit (seed, peel, flower, pulp) are rich in medicinal and therapeutic properties. The fruit is a fantastic wellspring of dietary fiber, nutrient, Vitamin C and Vitamin A. Being a decent laxative, it likewise secures the colon mucosa by diminishing openness time to harmful substances in the colon and clearing off the malignant growth causing poisonous substances from the colon. Passion fruit has several medical advantages and hence require diverse processing and preservation methods. Here we are going to review portion of these methods.

Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Passiflora spp. Germplasm Grown in Ecuador

“…In South America, the main countries where passion fruit is grown are Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia [ 2 ]. This fruit is consumed fresh as juice (locally) because around 40% of the fruit is composed of pulp, or it is marketed (world-wide) as a concentrate and is desirable as a beverage component due to its nutritional characteristics, color, acid taste and exotic aroma [ 3 , 4 , 5 ].…”

“…Consequently, it has been stated that passion fruit pulp is a good source of secondary metabolites such as phenols, carotenoids, flavonoids and tannins but also of other bioactive compounds such as saponins [ 1 , 21 , 22 ]. In addition, this fruit is a source of vitamin C, sugars and organic acids [ 5 , 23 , 24 ].…”

“…In terms of carotenoids, beta carotene is naturally abundant in yellow orange fruits [ 27 ], being also reported as the main carotenoid in yellow, purple and orange passion fruit [ 1 , 18 , 28 ]. Vitamin C is found in many fruits [ 14 ] such as passion fruit [ 5 ], especially when they are grown under organic as compared to conventional systems [ 18 ]. Barbosa et al have reported low content of citirc acid in yellow passion fruit [ 20 ], whereas Oliveira-Folador reported low concentrations of ascorbic acid in the same cultivar [ 29 ].…”

Flood Disaster Mitigation Using the HEC-RAS Application to Determine River Water Levels in the Old City Area of Jakarta

“…Concentration time is the time required to drain water from the most distant point in the flow area to the critical control point downstream of a stream [34] [35].…”

Salicylic acid concentrations and forms of application mitigate water stress in sour passion fruit seedlings

“…In Brazil, their main representative is Passiflora edulis Sims, popularly known as yellow or sour passion fruit, corresponding to more than 95% of the passion fruit orchards in this country (Meletti, 2011). The relevance and high acceptance of these fruits are because of their high contents of carbohydrates, sugars, vitamins, minerals, and organic compounds, favoring their commercialization and industrial use (Biswas et al, 2021;Vieira et al, 2022).…”