Acai is a palm tree that grows in Central and South America, from Belize south to Brazil and Peru. Acai translates to "fruit that cries" by the native peoples. Acai has been a traditional food of the native people of the Amazon for hundreds of years. Acai is prepared by extracting juice from the fruit pulp and skin. Though research is limiting right now, people use Acai for osteoarthritis, high cholesterol, erectile dysfunction (ED), weight loss and obesity, detoxification, and for improving general health.
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The applicable part of acai is the fruit or berry. Acai juice is often prepared by macerating the fruit. The juice is viscous and contains about 2.4% protein and 5.9% lipids. The fruit pulp contains about 4% protein and 12% lipids. The fat content of a‡a¡ consists of oleic acid (56.2% of total fats), palmitic acid (24.1%), and linoleic acid (12.5%).A‡a¡ also contains beta-sitosterol (78?91% of total sterols). Other nutrients include calcium, vitamin A, phosphorus, iron, and thiamine.
Acai berry contains several antioxidants known as anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, and flavonoids. Antioxidants are thought to protect body cells from the damaging effects of chemical reactions with oxygen (oxidation). According to some research, acai has more antioxidant content than cranberry, raspberry, blackberry, strawberry, or blueberry
Fair Deal For Family Farmers- The Acai berries provide extra income for indigenous Amazon rain forest dwellers, providing a much needed financial incentive to protect this majestic ecosystem.
Precautions/Warnings/Contraindications:
Use cautiously with hypertension, edema, or gastrointestinal disorders (ulcers or intestinal bleeding), or patients taking cyclooxygenase COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitors as acai may have COX-1 and COX-2 inhibition properties
Use cautiously when taking antineoplastics as acai may have antiproliferative effects.
Avoid in patients undergoing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or using oral contrast agents for MRI as acai has been used as an experimental, clinical oral contrast agent for MRI of the gastrointestinal tract in vivo.
Pregnancy & Lactation:Not recommended due to lack of sufficient data.
Currently, research on acai fruit has been centered on its potential antioxidant properties Acai fruit has also shown antiproliferative and anti-inflammatory activity in vitro
Schauss, A. G., Wu, X., Prior, R. L., Ou, B., Huang, D., Owens, J., Agarwal, A., Jensen, G. S., Hart, A. N., and Shanbrom, E. Antioxidant capacity and other bioactivities of the freeze-dried Amazonian palm berry, Euterpe oleraceae mart. (acai). J Agric.Food Chem 11-1-2006;54(22):8604-8610.
Pozo-Insfran, D., Percival, S. S., and Talcott, S. T. Acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) polyphenolics in their glycoside and aglycone forms induce apoptosis of HL-60 leukemia cells. J Agric.Food Chem 2-22-2006;54(4):1222-1229.
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