Preharvest Elicitors as a Tool to Enhance Bioactive Compounds and Quality of Both Peel and Pulp of Yellow Pitahaya (Selenicereus megalanthus Haw.) at Harvest …

A Erazo-Lara, ME García-Pastor… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Yellow pitahaya is a tropical fruit that has gained popularity in recent years. Natural elicitors
are compounds that can stimulate the resistance and quality of fruits. The objective of this …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the suitability of pitaya plant varieties for cultivation in the arid climate of Saudi Arabia

R Al-Qthanin, AMME Salih, FMA Alhafidh… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Pitaya, sometimes called dragon fruit, is a tropical fruit crop that has become more well-
known recently because of its distinct flavor and beneficial properties. However, it has only …

Integrated metabolic profiles and microbial communities to reveal the beneficial effect of red pitaya on early constipation

P Zhao, X Meng, M Sun, B Qin, S Kong, L Xie… - Food & Function, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Pitaya is a well-known fruit widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical tropical regions, and
is characterized by its flesh colour into red, white, and yellow pitaya. Red pitaya has dark red …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential of various functional components presents within dragon fruit: A review

D Chatterjee, S Mansuri, N Poonia, P Kesharwani… - Hybrid Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
Dragon fruit or pitaya is an incredible functional food that provides nutraceutical benefits
owing to its prebiotic activity and has gained attention in recent years owing to its multiple …

Altitudinal variation of dragon fruit metabolite profiles as revealed by UPLC-MS/MS-based widely targeted metabolomics analysis

Z Zhao, L Wang, J Chen, N Zhang, W Zhou, Y Song - BMC Plant Biology, 2024 - Springer
Background Geographical factors affect the nutritional, therapeutic and commercial values of
fruits. Dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp) is a popular fruit in Asia and a potential functional food …

Optimizing germination: comparative assessment of various growth media on dragon fruit germination and early growth

G Sarwar, T Anwar, H Qureshi, M Younus… - BMC Plant …, 2024 - Springer
Dragon fruit (Selenicereus undatus), known for its captivating appearance and remarkable
nutritional profile, has garnered considerable attention in recent years. Despite its popularity …

A Hylocereus undatus Extract Enhances Skin Microbiota Balance and Delivers In-Vivo Improvements in Skin Health and Beauty

F Havas, S Krispin, M Cohen, J Attia-Vigneau - Cosmetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Skin microbiota, and its diversity and balance, play a key role in skin health and beauty,
influencing skin moisture, barrier function, and radiance. A healthy skin microbiota limits the …

Valorization of avocado (Persea americana) residual paste: Microwave-assisted extraction, optimization and addition to an artisanal pork ham

N Campos-González, JA Gómez-Salazar… - CyTA-Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Recovering biocompounds from industrial by-products is crucial to avoid food waste.
Microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) has been employed to recover some biocompounds …

[HTML][HTML] Designing and Testing a Picking and Selecting Integrated Remote-Operation-Type Dragon-Fruit-Picking Device

P Yao, L Qiu, Q Sun, L Xu, Y Zhao, Z Fan, A Zhang - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
In order to effectively solve the problems of the complex growth state of dragon fruit and how
the picking process is mostly manual, this study designed a picking and selecting integrated …

Nutrition and Therapeutic Potential of the Dragon Fruit: A Qualitative Approach

KM Rathi, SL Singh, GG Gigi… - Pharmacognosy Research, 2023 - phcogres.com
The climbing vine cactus Hylocereusundatus, which is a native of the tropical woods of
Mexico, Central America, and South America, grows the fruit known as dragon fruit, also …