Soursop botany, chemical composition and medicinal prospects: a concise review

Soursop (Annona muricata L.) belongs to the family Annonaceae and is reported have largest fruit in genus, Annona. It best known as “sawasop” Nigerian vernacular. a tree that was almost every home garden time past. The need for space, urbanization, inadequate knowledge about potentials, economic relevance and/or preference, has led its fast eroding out of urban semi-urban areas, with relatively fewer stands, compared decades ago.Soursop been originate from American tropics but successfully introduced domesticated around world. Several past current researches aimed at revealing medicinal potential other properties soursop. Hitherto, ethnomedicinal soursop include not restricted analgesic, antibacterial, anticancer, antifungal, antioxidant, antitumor, antiulcer, antiviral, anti-arthritic, anti-diabetic, anti-hypertensive, anti-inflammatory, anti-insomnia, anti-rheumatic, anti-stress, immune enhancing, well wound healing capacity. This review highlights brief description botany, chemical composition burgeoning utilization based on inherent properties.