Abstract

KARONDA (CARISSA CARANDAS LINN.) AN UNDERUTILIZED FRUIT: A RAY IN POTENTIAL NEUTRACETICAL

Dr. Anjali M. Wanegaonkar*, Dr. Vilasrao J. Kadam, Vijeta Dhabre, Nirmal Kasekar, Sujata Jagtap and Sampada Bhaosale

ABSTRACT

In India, karonda fruits, which are still underutilized and proves effective to satisfied nutrition demand. Fruits are one of the most vital component of the foods known to be consumed by humans since beginning of human race. Several underutilized fruits are unfamiliar, unknown and less eaten. However, underutilized fruits have not yet received much awareness as antioxidant sources compared to commercial fruits. These fruits are neglected due to ignorance factor, lack of information, unavailability, deficient in these fruits promotional campaigns, difficulty in storage and harvesting. Now, these fruits may be included in the health promotion campaigns. In this review article related to different study aspects of the fruit karonda, includes the importance of morphological and microscopically study and preliminary phytochemical investigation in karonda of fruit along with its nutritional value.

Keywords: Carissa carandas; Karonda fruits; Apocynaceae; Triterpenoids; Carissin; Under utilized fruit.