Details the formal and informal uses for this super fruit.

1. THE BENEFITS OF ANNONA
MURICATA
“A closer look at this super fruit”

2. OBJECTIVES
• To explore the background of the soursop
•To illustrate products &
derivatives of soursop
• To highlight the traditional and
non-traditional uses of soursop

3. THE BACKGROUND
Annona Muricata comes from the Graviola tree and is a
member of the custard apple family.
The low-branching tree is evergreen with shiny green
and leathery leaves & a fruit with green prickly skin &
white creamy pulp on the inside.
The fruit, its leaves, seeds and stems are used in alternative
medicine and is the subject in formal medicine research.

4. TRADITIONAL USES OF SOURSOP

5. USES OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLANT &
FRUIT
Non-Ingesting Uses
• Treating external parasitic infestations
• Used as an insecticide
Anti-Cancerous Uses
• Tumour reduction
• Eliminate metastasis
Regular Herbal Medicine Uses
• Hypotensive properties
• Treatment of the nervous system
• Anti-viral and anti-fungal properties

6. NON-TRADITIONAL USES OF SOURSOP

7. THE CHEMOPOTENTIAL BENEFIT
The orally administered leaf extract has the potential to
suppress colon cancer development.
Compounds found in soursop, hampered the survival
and proliferating properties in pancreatic cancer.
the extract showing the ability to kill some types of liver
and breast cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy drugs.

8. THE HYPOTENSIVE BENEFIT
• High Blood Pressure is estimated to cause 7.5 million
deaths, about 12.8% of the total of all deaths in the world.
• Annona Muricata extract from its leaves produced lower
systolic and diastolic blood pressure without an impact on
the heart rate.
• The findings had supported the traditional herbal use for
the treatment of hypertension.

9. PRODUCTS & DERIVATIVES
Foods
Sweet Treats (Juice, Jelly, Ice-
Cream, Yogurt, Syrup)
Wine & Alcoholic Beverage
Medicines
Soursop Leaf Powder
Herbal Supplements

11. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
“Questions are at the heart of learning”