Nutritional composition of jujube fruit

The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit: a review of current knowledge of fruit composition and health benefits.

The nutritional jujube ( Ziziphus jujube Mill.) fruit belonging to the Rhamnaceous family grows mostly in Europe, southern and eastern Asia, and Australia, especially the inland region of northern China. Jujube has a long history of usage as a fruit and remedy. The main biologically active components are vitamin C, phenolics, flavonoids, triterpenic acids, and polysaccharides. Recent phytochemi...

Physicochemical Properties and Nutritional Value of Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) Fruit at Different Maturity and Ripening Stages

Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) fruit is an important medicinal plant in Iran. The harvesting time is a crucial for jujube fruit quality. Several characteristics of jujube fruit when harvested at four development stages; white mature (light green), crisp mature (white-red), fully mature (red) and fully ripe (dehydrated brown) were evaluated. Fruit weight, diameter, volume, pulp to stone ratio, f...

The complex jujube genome provides insights into fruit tree biology

The jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.), a member of family Rhamnaceae, is a major dry fruit and a traditional herbal medicine for more than one billion people. Here we present a high-quality sequence for the complex jujube genome, the first genome sequence of Rhamnaceae, using an integrated strategy. The final assembly spans 437.65 Mb (98.6% of the estimated) with 321.45 Mb anchored to the 12 pseud...

Jujube fruit water relations at fruit maturation in response to 1 water deficits

water deficits 2 3 A. Galindo, Z.N. Cruz, P. Rodríguez, J. Collado-González, M. Corell, H. 4 Memmi, F. Moreno, A. Moriana, A. Torrecillas, D. Pérez-López 5 6 a Dpto. Riego, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CSIC), 7 P.O. Box 164, E-30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain 8 b Dpto. Fisiología y Bioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Agrícolas (INCA), 9 Ctra. de Tapaste, km 3.5, San...

Nutritional composition of seaweeds from the Northern