AN EXOTIC FRUIT WHICH FORMS THE NEW NATURAL SOURCE FOR VITAMIN-C

Abstract

Vitamins are crucial to all life functions. Vitamins are also called as co–enzymes because they work with enzyme and enable them to trigger all body processes. Among the vitamins, the Vitamin C is an important vital amine to maintain the body in good health. The main sources of Vitamin C are from fresh fruits and vegetables. In the present study two exotic fruits namely Avverhhoa bilimbi and Avverhoa carambola collected from the Kannikar settlement of Kanyakumari District, TamilNadu during the ethnobotanical survey. The fruit juice contains Vitamin C and in addition to that it contains glucose and protein. The nutritive contents were estimated. The Antibacterial activity of above two plants fruit juice were carried out in order to ascertain the disease resistance property.