Arrowroot (Maranta Arundinacea L), ọ bụ ezie na o sitere na Central America, South America, na West Indies, a na-akụ ya ugbu a n'ụwa nile. Akụkụ nke osisi arrowroot nke na-eto n'elu ala nwere ike iru elu ruru ụkwụ isii. Mgbọrọgwụ oriri nke osisi ahụ dị ihe dị ka sentimita 10 n'ogologo ma yie nnukwu poteto.
Mgbe a na-egbute ya, ọ na-adị ka tubers ndị ọzọ dị n'okpuru ala dị ka akpu, yucca, ma ọ bụ kudzu n'ọdịdị. Ọzọkwa, ọ bụ oblong, dị ka n'okpuruala tubers. Otú ọ dị, a na-ewepụta ya site n'iji usoro ochie na-esighị ike karị. A naghị eji ọkụ dị elu ma ọ bụ kemịkal siri ike mee ihe.
Ọtụtụ ndị nchọpụta na-enyocha ugbu a uru dị n'itinye mgbọrọgwụ mgbọrọgwụ na nri gị n'ihi vitamin na mineral.
Ị nwere ike ịzụta mgbọrọgwụ mgbọrọgwụ ma ọ dị ọhụrụ ma ọ bụ nke a mịrị amị dị ka ntụ ntụ. N'ebe a na-esi nri, a pụrụ iji mgbọrọgwụ akụ nke mịrị amị n'ọnọdụ ọka starch n'ihi na ọ bụ starch na-agbari ngwa ngwa. N'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ, oyi, na mmalite oge opupu ihe ubi, a na-enweta mgbọrọgwụ mgbọrọgwụ.
Gụkwuo: Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea. L): Mkpa na uru ahụike
N'ụfọdụ ntụziaka, ntụ ntụ arrowroot nwere ike ịrụ ọrụ karịa ọka ọka ma ọ bụ ntụ ọka dị ka ihe na-eme ka ọ sie ike. Obere ntụ ntụ ntụ ntụ, dịka ọmụmaatụ, nwere ike ito ofe na-emeghị ka ọ yie uzuzu, dịka starch ndị ọzọ na-emekarị.
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Ichacha na slicing ọhụrụ mgbọrọgwụ mgbọrọgwụ ga-akwadebe ya. Enwere ike iji ya mee ihe n'ọtụtụ ntụziaka ma na-esi nri dị ka mmiri chestnuts. A pụkwara ighe peels arrowroot ka ọ bụrụ ibe ma ọ bụ jiri stew mee ihe n'ụzọ yiri nduku.
Enyere osisi ahụ aha Arrowroot. N’ihi na e ji ya gwọọ ndị e ji akụ́ nsi merụọ ahụ́.
Dị ka ọka starch, arrowroot ntụ ntụ na-acha ọcha na ntụ ntụ mana ọ nwere uru nri dị elu nke ukwuu.
Ọ na-arụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya dị ka ihe na-eme ka ọ sie ike na sauces, ofe, gravies, na puddings n'ọnọdụ ọka ọka na ntụ ọka. Ma n'adịghị ka starch ọka, ọ naghị enye nri ụtọ starchy.
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Uru ahụike 10 nke Arrowroot (Maranta Arundinacea)

N'ihi mfe mgbari mgbaze ya, arrowroot abụwo ogologo oge na nri ụmụ ọhụrụ na ndị na-agbake n'ọrịa.
A na-agwọ kịtịkpa, gangrene, ụkwụ ndị na-eme egwuregwu, na ntachu anwụ na-acha ọkụ, bụ ihe ọgwụgwọ ahịhịa. Ọzọkwa, ọ na-agwọ ọnya ndị butere agwọ ma ọ bụ ududo.
Ebe ọ bụ na ọ nwere ntakịrị mmetụta laxative na eriri afọ buru ibu, ọ na-enyere aka belata ahụ erughị ala digestive dị ka acidity na mgbaze.
Ị ga-enweta akpụkpọ anụ na bouncy, ntutu dị nro na-ekele mgbọrọgwụ.
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1. Maka ndị ọrịa shuga
Ndekọ glycemic dị ala nke Arrowroot na ọdịnaya potassium dị elu na-erite uru maka ndị ọrịa mamịrị. N'ihi ya, ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị na-enyocha ugbu a uru dị n'iji ntụ ọka arrowroot eme ihe dị ka akụkụ na nri nri na-edozi ahụ maka ndị na-arịa ọrịa shuga.
2. Na-ebelata Cholesterol
Ebe ọ bụ na cholesterol dị mkpa maka imepụta bile, arrowroot na-akwalite mmepụta bile, nke na-eme ka eriri afọ na-amịpụta cholesterol. N'ihi ya, nri mgbọrọgwụ na-ebelata cholesterol.
3. Uru maka ụmụ nwanyị dị ime
Nri dị mkpa maka ụmụ nwanyị dị ime, a na-ahụ folates n'ụba na mgbọrọgwụ akụ ọhụrụ. Ihe dị ka 84% nke nri a na-atụ aro kwa ụbọchị nke folate bụ nke a na-enye 100 gram nke mgbọrọgwụ mgbọrọgwụ.
Folate bụ ihe dị mkpa maka mmepụta DNA na nkewa sel. Igbochi ihe na-adịghị mma tube akwara na nrụrụ ndị ọzọ na-amụ nwa na-achọ oriri folate zuru oke n'oge ime ime.
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4. Ọ dị mma maka Sistemụ Digestive
Usoro mgbari nri na-erite uru site na mgbọrọgwụ mgbọrọgwụ. A na-agwọta mmegharị afọ nke ndị na-arịa ọrịa bowel syndrome site na ọdịnaya starch dị elu nke arrowroot ntụ ntụ na ihe na-adịghị mma.
Na mgbakwunye na ọgwụgwọ afọ ọsịsa, arrowroot starch nwere ike ịgwọ ọgbụgbọ ma mejupụta nri ndị na-efu site na vomiting na afọ ọsịsa.
5. Maka Skin Skin
Mmiri mmiri na ntụ ntụ talcum na-enwekarị starch mgbọrọgwụ. Ọ nwere ihe na-eme ka mmiri dị mmiri na-eme ka akpụkpọ ahụ gị dị nro ma na-adị nro ma na-ekwe ka ihe ndị na-arụ ọrụ na talcum powders na lotions banye n'ime akpụkpọ ahụ dị elu.
6. Na-enyere aka Mbelata arọ
Ihe bụ isi ihe na arrowroot ntụ ntụ na-eguzogide bụ starch, nke ahụ enweghị ike igbari ma ọ bụ banye. O nwere 32% starch na-eguzogide ọgwụ, dịka ọmụmụ si kwuo.
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Browse All Farming Ebooks →N'ihi ya, mgbe ejikọtara ya na mmiri, starch na-akpa àgwà n'ime eriri afọ dị ka eriri soluble. Ị nwere mmetụta zuru oke n'ihi otu njirimara ahụ.
Na mgbakwunye, protein dị na arrowroot nwere ike inye aka na satiety. N'ihi ya, ọ nwere ike inyere gị aka ịchịkwa agụụ gị ma jiri nwayọọ nwayọọ kwalite ịbelata ibu.
7. Gluten efu
A na-ahụ Gluten, nke nwere ike ịkpata mgbaàmà nrịanrịa, na ọka dị iche iche, gụnyere ntụ ọka wit. Ọ bụrụ na ị nwere gluten ma ọ bụ ọka nrịanrịa, ị nwere ike iji ntụ ọka arrowroot n'ọnọdụ ntụ ọka wit, karịsịa ma ọ bụrụ na ị nwere ọrịa celiac.
Ọ bụ ihe oriri nwere ike dochie ya maka starch ọka. Maka ime achịcha, kuki, na ntụziaka ndị ọzọ, ọ na-ejikọta nke ọma na almond ma ọ bụ ntụ ọka aki oyibo. Na mgbakwunye, ị nwere ike iji ya na-eme ka mmiri sie nri na gravies ndị ọzọ.
8. Nnukwu isi iyi nke vitamin B
Riboflavin na niacin, ụdị abụọ nke vitamin B, nwere ike ịhụ n'ụba na mgbọrọgwụ akụ. Niacin na-enyere aka ibelata mbufụt, ibelata ahụ erughị ala site na ogbu na nkwonkwo, na mbelata cholesterol. Ọzọkwa, ọ na-enyere aka ibelata ohere nke ịmalite ọrịa obi.
Ihe mgbagwoju vitamin B ọzọ dị na mgbọrọgwụ mgbọrọgwụ bụ folate. Ọ dị mkpa maka ezigbo uto nwa ebu n'afọ na maka igbochi anaemia. Ọ nwere 338 mcg nke folate kwa nri (100g), na-akwalite mmepe, nkewa, na mmepụta nke mkpụrụ ndụ ọbara uhie n'ime ahụ.
Niacin na-ewepụ ihe ịrịba ama na mgbaàmà nke Pellagra, nke na-ewepụkwa afọ ọsịsa, dementia, dermatitis, na ọnwụ. Ọzọkwa, akụkụ folate dị mkpa maka uto na mmepe nwa ebu n'afọ. Arrowroot na-echebe ụmụaka pụọ n'ọrịa akwara akwara.
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9. Na-akwalite ahụike akụrụ
A kwenyere na Potassium, nke jupụtara na mgbọrọgwụ akụ, na-enyere aka akụrụ aka iwepụ nsị na ihe ndị ọzọ na-akpata nchekasị.
Na mgbakwunye, ọ nwere ike inye aka mee ka ọrụ akụrụ dịkwuo mma na ahụike nke sistemu urinary. Ọzọkwa, ọ na-enyere aka ịnọgide na-enwe ahụ ike ọbara mgbali na mgbochi.
10. Mma Maka Ụmụaka
Na mgbakwunye na ịgba ume uto na mmepe ahụike na ụmụaka, arrowroot na-enyere aka ịbawanye ọnụego nke ọtụtụ mineral dị mkpa na-etinye obi.
Ọ na-eje ozi dị ka ihe ọzọ na mmiri ara. Ọtụtụ nri nri arrowroot nwekwara ike inye aka n'ịgwọ ụkwara ụmụ ọhụrụ, bronchitis, na afọ ọsịsa. Ọ nwekwara ike inye aka belata ahụ erughị ala chịngọm mgbe ị na-azụ eze.
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Uru nri nke Arrowroot (Maranta Arundinacea L)
1. Carbohydrates: Arrowroot nwere gram 13.39 nke carbohydrates kwa gram 100 nke raw, na-eje ozi dị ka isi iyi ike nke na-akwado usoro metabolic na mmega ahụ kwa ụbọchị.
2. Fiber nri: Site na gram 1.3 kwa gram 100, eriri a na-enyere aka mgbari nri, na-akwalite ịdịgide nke eriri afọ, ma na-enyere aka ịnọgide na-enwe ọkwa shuga dị n'ọbara kwụsiri ike.
3. Protein: Inye gram 4.24 kwa gram 100, protein dị na mgbọrọgwụ akụ na-enye aka n'ịrụzi anụ ahụ, ọrụ mgbochi na mmepụta enzyme.
4. Abuba: Na gram 0.2 kwa gram 100, ọdịnaya abụba dị ala na-akwado usoro cell na nguzozi nke homonụ na-agbakwunyeghị calorie buru ibu.
5. Folate (Vitamin B9): Na-enye 338 microgram (85% DV) kwa gram 100, folate dị oke mkpa maka njikọ DNA, nhazi mkpụrụ ndụ ọbara uhie, na igbochi ntụpọ akwara n'oge ime ime.
6. Potassium: Nwere 454 milligrams (15% DV) kwa gram 100, potassium na-enyere aka ịhazi nguzozi nke mmiri, akara akwara, na mkpụkọ akwara.
7. Ígwè: Na 2.22 milligrams (12% DV) kwa gram 100, ígwè na-akwado mbufe oxygen n'ime ọbara ma na-egbochi anaemia.
8. Phosphorus: Na 98 milligrams (8% DV) kwa gram 100, phosphorus na-enyere aka na ahụike ọkpụkpụ, mmepụta ume, na nrụzi cellular.
9. Niacin (Vitamin B3): Na-enye 1.693 milligrams (11% DV) kwa gram 100, niacin na-enyere aka n'ịgbanwe nri ka ọ bụrụ ume na idobe ahụike anụ ahụ.
10. Vitamin B6: Site na 0.266 milligrams (16% DV) kwa gram 100, vitamin a na-akwado mmepe ụbụrụ, ọrụ mgbochi, na nhazi hemoglobin.
Ihe akaebe sayensị na ọmụmụ ihe gbasara Arrowroot (Maranta Arundinacea L)

1. Kumalasari et al. (2012): Nke a mụọ ihe Nyochaa mpụta arrowroot wee chọpụta na ha na-akpali mmepụta IgM in vitro site na iji splenocytes òké yana mmụba serum nke IgG, IgA na IgM na vivo na ụmụ oke, na-egosipụta uru immunostimulatory nke na-eme ka nzaghachi mgbochi ahụ dịkwuo elu. (Kumalasari, I. D., Harmayani, E., & Raharjo, S. (2012) Nyocha nke immunostimulatory mmetụta nke arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) extracts in vitro na in vivo. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 49 (1), 105-111.)
2. Nurulita et al. (2022): Ndị na-eme nchọpụta nyochara mgbọrọgwụ nri nri na oke nwere ọrịa mammary nke DMBA na-ebute ma hụ na mbelata ọrịa tumor, njedebe mkpụrụ ndụ cancer stem cell ALDH1A1, belata ọkwa SDF-1, ma gbochie mgbasawanye cell, na-egosipụta mmetụta chemopreventive megide ọrịa cancer ara. (Nurulita, N.A., Kusmardi, K., Elya, B., & Meiyanto, E. (2022). Chemopreventive mmetụta nke dietary Maranta arundinacea L. megide DMBA-kpatara mammary cancer na Sprague Dawley oke site na ịmachi ALDH1A1, SDF-1 na cell proliferation, Nkeji edemede1. 15347354221113077.)
3. Rahimi na Abdollahi (2012): Na nyocha nke ọgwụ herbal maka IBS, a na-enyocha mgbọrọgwụ mgbọrọgwụ powdered na ndị ọrịa nwere afọ ọsịsa-nke kachasị IBS, na-egosi mbelata afọ ọsịsa na enyemaka ogologo oge site na mgbu abdominal, na-egosipụta uru maka njikwa mgbaàmà eriri afọ. (Rahimi, R., & Abdollahi, M. (2012) Ọgwụ herbal maka njikwa ọrịa afọ mgbakasị ahụ: Nyocha zuru oke. World Journal of Gastroenterology, 18(7), 589-600.)
4. Jaiboonma et al. (2021): Nchọpụta a nwalere arrowroot extracts site na iji in vitro protein denaturation assay wee chọta nnukwu mgbochi nke mbufụt, na-egosi ihe mgbochi mkpali nke nwere ike inye aka na ọnọdụ metụtara ọzịza na mgbu. (Jaiboonma, P., Treethip, C., & Siriwongrungson, V. (2021). Nyochaa nke mgbochi mkpali ihe onwunwe nke Maranta arundinacea iji protein denaturation assay. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 33(47A), 123-128.)
Ajụjụ ndị a na-ajụkarị gbasara Arrowroot (Maranta Arundinacea L)
1. Gịnị bụ Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea L)? Ọ bụ osisi na-ekpo ọkụ nke a na-eji rhizomes eme ihe na-emepụta ntụ ntụ starchy, nke a na-eji ya eme ihe na nri na ọgwụ ọdịnala.
2. Gịnị bụ isi uru ahụike nke arrowroot? Ọ na-akwado mgbaze, na-ebuli ihe mgbochi, nwere ike inye aka na mgbochi ọrịa cancer, ma na-enye mmetụta mgbochi mkpali, dabere na profaịlụ nri ya na ogige bioactive.
3. Kedu ka esi eji arrowroot mee ihe? A na-emekarị dị ka onye na-eme ka ọ sie ike na-esi nri, na-esi nri na-enweghị gluten, ma ọ bụ dị ka ntụ ntụ na teas na ihe mgbakwunye maka enyemaka mgbaze.
4. Enwere mmetụta ọ bụla nke arrowroot? Ọ dị mma n'ozuzu, mana ịṅụbiga mmanya ókè nwere ike ime ka afọ ntachi; ndị nwere allergies na starch yiri ya kwesịrị izere ya.
5. Nwere ike arrowroot nyere aka na digestive okwu? Ee, eriri ya na stachi ọdịnaya na-akwalite ahụ ike gut ma belata afọ ọsịsa, dịka a hụrụ na ọmụmụ na IBS.
6. Arrowroot na-edozi ahụ maka afọ ime? Ọ bara ụba na folate, nke na-akwado mmepe nwa ebu n'afọ, na-eme ka ọ baa uru mgbe etinyere ya na nri kwesịrị ekwesị.
7. Kedu nri ndị a ma ama na mgbọrọgwụ akụ? Ndị isi gụnyere carbohydrates, folate, potassium, iron, na vitamin B, na-enye aka na ume na ịdị mma n'ozuzu ya.
8. Arrowroot nwere Njirimara antioxidant? Ee, ụfọdụ ogige dị na arrowroot na-egosipụta ọrụ antioxidant, na-enyere aka belata nrụgide oxidative.
9. Nwere ike arrowroot enyemaka na arọ management? Obere kalori ya na ọdịnaya fiber dị elu nwere ike ịkwalite satiety ma kwado mbọ mgbochi kalori.
10. Ebee ka a na-akụkarị mgbọrọgwụ akụ? Site na mpaghara okpomọkụ dị ka South America, a na-akọ ya na ihu igwe na-ekpo ọkụ maka rhizomes ya na-amịpụta starch.
Ị nwere ajụjụ, ntụnye ma ọ bụ onyinye ọ bụla? Ọ bụrụ otu a, biko nweere onwe gị iji igbe nkọwa n'okpuru kesaa echiche gị. Anyị na-agbakwa gị ume ka ị jiri obiọma kesaa ozi a n'etiti ndị ọzọ nwere ike irite uru na ya. Ebe ọ bụ na anyị enweghị ike ịgakwuru onye ọ bụla ozugbo, anyị nwere ekele maka enyemaka gị n'ịgbasa okwu ahụ. Daalụ nke ukwuu maka nkwado gị na maka ịkekọrịta!
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