Mulberry Fruit

Mulberry Fruit Benefits

By Yanti

Morus or mulberry is a plant in the family Moraceae and genus Morus. Mulberry fruit is a collection of small fruit that formed the basis of longitudinal central axis. Mulberry fruit has a length of about 2 to 3 cm. Mulberries fruit derived from a variety of different types of mulberry, black mulberry fruit comes from Southwest Asia, white mulberry fruit from Eastern Asia and red mulberry come from Eastern North America.

In general, red mulberry when mature will turn dark purple to black in color with a sweet flavor, while white mulberry fruit at the time of easy green and turns white when the fruit is ripe mulberry fruit with a sweet taste but lighter than with darker mulberry.

Ripe mulberry fruit can be eaten directly and some are taking ripe mulberry fruit in different form such as pie, wine, cake, juice, or mixed with tea or mulberry tea, and others. Apart from mulberry fruit, mulberry leaf has also been used as a natural source of nutrition as a supplement to health care.

Mulberry tree is a tropical plant that grows or subtropics which consists of various species and come from Africa, Asia, and America. And mulberry plants grow quickly at a young age and growth slows down as an adult.

Mulberry Nutrition

There are a wide range of content contained in mulberry nutrition include Energy, Carbohydrates, Protein, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, B complex, C, E, K, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Selenium, Zinc, Phyto -Nutrients, ß-carotene, a carotene, and lutein-zeaxanthin.

Mulberry Benefits

There are many benefits of mulberry used in human life among other benefits are

• Mulberry leaves, especially species of white mulberry can be utilized as a sole food source for silkworm, pupa or chrysalis is utilized to make silk. Mulberry leaves is also food to consume for other animals such as moths and sycamore.
• The content of vitamin A and E are also useful as an antioxidant for the body that increases the body’s ability to withstand various kinds of outbreaks such as premature aging, diseases of the eye, and so on.
• The Vitamin B complex such B6, folic acid, riboflavin, and niacin in mulberry fruit  is useful as  co factor in the metabolic process of protein, carbohydrate, and fat in the body.
• The content of phenolic phytochemicals, flavonoids called anthocyanins in mulberry fruit beneficial to minimize the body is exposed to various diseases such as cancer, diabetes, inflammation, neurological disorders, aging, and bacterial contagions.
• The content of other compounds of the flavonoid polyphenol called resveratrol useful to protect against stroke by changing the molecular mechanisms in blood vessels, cutting down susceptibleness to vascular hurt through reduced activeness of angiotensin, and expanded output of vasodilator hormone, nitric oxide.
• The content of vitamin C in the mulberries fruit is useful as an antioxidant for the body to enhance immune to infection and inflammation and to scavenge free radicals that are harmful to human body.
• The content of iron compounds useful in mulberry fruit becomes a element of hemoglobin in red blood cells, determining the oxygen holding capacity of blood.
• The content of manganese content in mulberry fruit useful as  co factor for antioxidant compounds, super oxide dismutase. While the content of potassium in mulberry fruit useful to help control blood pressure and heart rate.