Main value of Siraitia grosvenorii
chemical composition
Siraitia grosvenorii contains mogroside, which is 300 times sweeter than sucrose. It also contains fructose, amino acids, flavonoids and so on. The non-sugar sweet components in fruit are mainly triterpenoid glycosides: mogrosides Ⅴ and Ⅳ. The sweetness of glycoside V is 256-344 times that of sucrose, and that of glycoside IV is 126 times that of sucrose. It is not sweet without glycoside ⅳ. The second is D to mannitol, and its sweetness is 0.55 to 0.65 times that of sucrose. It also contains a lot of glucose, and fructose accounts for 14%. It contains 26 inorganic elements such as manganese, iron, nickel, selenium, tin, iodine, molybdenum, protein and vitamin C. The oil content of nuts is 4 1%, and the fatty acids in the base are linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, palmitoleic acid, myristic acid, lauric acid and capric acid.
nutritional ingredient
The fruits and leaves of Siraitia grosvenorii contain triterpenoid saponins, as well as a lot of fructose, more than ten kinds of essential amino acids, fatty acids, flavonoids, vitamin C and trace elements. Momordica grosvenori saponin, as the main component of Momordica grosvenori sweetener, is a sweet triterpenoid glycoside, and its aglycone is triterpenoid alcohol.
Cucurbitacin triterpenes are the main effective components in Siraitia grosvenorii, and they have the same aglycone structure. Except for a few, these substances in Siraitia grosvenorii are all sweet substances or slightly sweet substances. Among them, mogroside V is the main sweet component, which is non-toxic, low in calories, high in sweetness and good in thermal stability, and it is one of the substances developed as a natural sweetener.
Protein and amino acid Siraitia grosvenorii dried fruit contain 7. 1% to 7.8% of protein. In its hydrolysate, 18 amino acids are complete except tryptophan. Among the amino acids determined, glutamic acid (108.2 to 1 13.3 mg/kg), aspartic acid (93 to 1 12 mg/kg), valine (52 to 55 mg/kg) and alanine. Glutamate is a non-essential amino acid most needed by human body and an important raw material for the synthesis of glutathione. It can be seen that the nutritional value of Siraitia grosvenorii is high.
Inorganic Elements The fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii contains 24 kinds of inorganic elements, of which 16 kinds of trace elements and large elements are essential for human body.
Medicinal value
Siraitia grosvenorii is the first batch of precious medicinal and edible Chinese herbal medicines announced by the Ministry of Health. Its mogroside content is 300 times sweeter than sucrose, and it does not produce heat. It is a valuable raw material for beverage and candy industry and the best substitute for sucrose. Siraitia grosvenorii has high nutritional value, and has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, resolving phlegm, relieving cough, clearing away lung-heat, moistening intestines, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.
Therapeutic value
Siraitia grosvenorii has the function of clearing away heat and moistening lung, but it is not recorded in TCM literature that Siraitia grosvenorii has the function of nourishing yin. Modern medical research has confirmed that Siraitia grosvenorii contains a sweetener 300 times sweeter than sucrose, but it does not produce heat, so it is an ideal substitute for people who are not suitable for eating sugar. Rich in vitamin C, it has anti-aging and skin care effects; Can lose weight and improve the image of obese people. It is a must-have fruit for women who love beauty.
Siraitia grosvenorii can be made into arhat fruit tea, arhat sugar drink, arhat jujube tea, arhat houttuynia herb tea, arhat motherwort soup, arhat japonica rice porridge, arhat Sydney drink, arhat fig tea, arhat summer withering tea, arhat wumei tea and arhat mint tea.
It can also be used as a seasoning for stews and clear soup to make cakes, sweets and biscuits. In addition to the export of dried fruits, products also include granules, syrup, fruit essence, cough syrup and concentrated fruit syrup.
Matters needing attention
Siraitia grosvenorii is too sweet and hurts the spleen and stomach. Siraitia grosvenorii can replace tea if it is dried in the sun, but it can't replace tea for a long time. If you drink too much dry drinks, you will get angry. It is best to drink less wind-heat cough or drink it with other heat-clearing and cooling drugs. It's okay to drink it for a short time, but drinking it for a long time will lead to the decline of gastrointestinal function and cause a series of pathological reactions.
For a few people with cold constitution, when using Siraitia grosvenorii, soak one or two pieces of ginger together and boil them to neutralize the coldness of Siraitia grosvenorii. But for people with extremely sensitive and cold constitution, it is not suitable for drinking Siraitia grosvenorii water.