Nutritional Value and Medicinal Benefits of Pineapple

Md. Farid Hossain; Shaheen Akhtar; Mustafa Anwar

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Nutritional Value and Medicinal Benefits of Pineapple

Md. Farid Hossain, Shaheen Akhtar, Mustafa Anwar

Published in International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 15 January 2015 Accepted: 29 January 2015 Published: 10 February 2015

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Abstract

This paper discusses nutritional values and importance of pineapple in the health aspects. Thailand, Philippines, Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, China, Nigeria, Kenya, Indonesia, Hawaii, India, Bangladesh are the major pineapple producing countries. The demand of pineapple in the international market is expanding day by day. Generally, the ripen pineapple fruit is consumed fresh and juice as source of essential minerals and vitamins with some medicinal values. Pineapple contains considerable calcium, potassium, fibre and vitamin C. Various food items like jam, jelly, pickles are produced from pineapple. Qualities of pineapple vary due to growing environment and variety. Ripening agents accelerates ripening, but affects the nutritional quality of the pineapple fruits.

Published in	International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnfs.20150401.22
Page(s)	84-88
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2015. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Pineapple, Food Value, Medicinal Use, Importance

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Md. Farid Hossain

School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bangladesh Open University, Gazipur, Bangladesh
Shaheen Akhtar

Department of Community Medicine, Shahabuddin Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mustafa Anwar

Department of Surgery, Ibn Sina Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Md. Farid Hossain, Shaheen Akhtar, Mustafa Anwar. Nutritional Value and Medicinal Benefits of Pineapple. Int J Nutr Food Sci. 2015;4(1):84-88. doi: 10.11648/j.ijnfs.20150401.22

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