I-Annatto (i-Bixa Orellana) isihlahla esitholakala ezindaweni ezishisayo ze-New World, iwukuphela kwezinhlobo emndenini we-Bixaceae. I-Annatto inamaqabunga a-ovate angama-8 kuya ku-18 cm (3 kuya ku-7 amayintshi) ubude nezimbali ezi-rose-pink ezingaba ngu-5 cm (2 amayintshi) ububanzi. Ingakhula ifike ku-9 metres (30 feet) ubude.
Izithelo ezingu-5 cm ubude, ezinsundu zikhiqiza impushana ebomvu noma ephuzi esetshenziswa njengombala wokudla webhotela, ushizi kanye ne-oleomargarine. Izifunda zomhlaba ezishisayo nezishisayo yilapho isitshalo sikhula khona.
I-Bixa Orellana isihlahla esinezimpande, esihlala njalo noma isihlahla esincane esinezimbali eziphinki ezinkulu, ezikhanga amehlo ezingase zikhule zifike kumamitha angu-3 ubude futhi ezingaba luhlaza noma ziqhume.
Umqhele uyindilinga. Ububanzi be-trunk bungaba ngu-10 cm. Amagxolo angaba nsundu ngokukhanyayo futhi ngezinye izikhathi angaqhekeka futhi abe yi-lenticellate. Amagatsha angavuthiwe anombala oluhlaza okotshani futhi agqwalile anothuli; njengoba zikhula, ziba nsundu ngokumnyama futhi zibe amasongo.
Amaqabunga alula, aphelele, futhi ane-petiolated, futhi ahlelwe ngokuzungeza. Iqabunga leqabunga limise okwe-ovate futhi lilinganisa u-5-25 cm ubude no-4-16 cm ububanzi. Izimbali ziyi-pentamerous, bisexual, futhi zinobubanzi obungu-4-7 cm. Zinombala obomvana, omhlophe noma onsomi. Iqembu liseduze namathiphu amahlumela. Yizithelo
Funda Futhi: Annatto (Bixa orellana L.): Ukubaluleka kanye Nezinzuzo Zezempilo
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Amakhemikhali aku-annatto angase asebenze njengama-antioxidants noma acekele phansi amagciwane. Ukwengeza, ezinye izinhlanganisela ku-annatto zingashintsha indlela umzimba osebenzisa ngayo ushukela. Umuthi wenziwa ngembewu, iqabunga nempande.
Ukusetshenziswa kwe-annatto ezifweni ezifana nesifo sikashukela, izinkinga zesisu, izinkinga zesikhumba, i-benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), kanye ne-prostate ekhulisiwe akusekelwa kahle ucwaningo lwesayensi.
Isetshenziswa kakhulu njengombala wokudla wemvelo ngoba inika umbala ogqamile osukela kokubomvu okusawolintshi ukuya kophuzi, njengesafroni ne-turmeric.
Imibala eyaziwa ngokuthi i-carotenoids, ekhona nakwezinye izithelo nemifino eminingi efana nezaqathi notamatisi, yizona ezinikeza umbala wayo.
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Ngenxa yobumnandi bayo obuncane obunoshukela kanye nopelepele, i-annatto iphinde isetshenziswe njengesiphuzo sokuthuthukisa ukunambitheka kokudla. I-nutty, peppery, nezimbali ziyichaza kahle iphunga layo.
Itholakala njengamafutha abalulekile, uketshezi, unamathisele, impushana, nezinye izinhlobo eziningi.
Ama-Antioxidants afana ne-cis-bixin, i-carotenoid, novithamini A maningi ku-annatto.
Amaminerali afana ne-calcium, usawoti, nensimbi akhona.
Kungase kuhlanganise inani elibalulekile le-fiber yokudla. Amandla alesi sitshalo abangelwa ukugcwala okuphezulu kwe-tocotrienols, efana ne-vitamin E kokubili imiphumela kanye nesakhiwo.
Ngenxa yokuthi inamandla okwenza umbala, i-annatto ingudayi wemvelo ongahluka ngombala ophuzi uye osawolintshi ojulile uye kobomvu futhi usetshenziswa kaningi ezimonyoni. Izifunda ezithile zomhlaba nazo ziyisebenzisa njenge-condiment.
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I-flavour ithi i-peppery, futhi iphunga liyizimbali namantongomane. I-Annatto “iwukudla okuphezulu” kwendabuko osekusetshenziswe izinkulungwane zeminyaka emasikweni aseCaribbean naseCentral America ukwelapha izifo ezihlukahlukene, kusukela ezifweni ezincane kuya kulezo ezingabulala.
Funda Futhi: Ferula Asafoetida – Ukubaluleka Nezinzuzo Zezempilo
Izinzuzo Zezempilo Eziyi-10 zika-Annatto (Bixa Ollerena)

1. I-Aids Ukugaya Okunempilo
Kokubili amaqabunga adliwayo esitshalo se-achiote kanye nenani elikhulu lefayibha ekhona ezimbewu ze-annatto kunenzuzo ekugayeni ukudla. Kungase kukhuthaze ukumuncwa okusebenzayo komsoco kanye nokugcotshwa kwamathumbu emathunjini.
2. Ngethambo Eliqinile Futhi Elinempilo
Ukuze ugcine amandla nokuqina njengoba ukhula futhi wengeze ukuminyana kwamaminerali ethambo lakho, i-annatto iqukethe inani elikhulu le-calcium. Kungasiza futhi ekuvimbeleni i-osteoporosis.
3. Isiza Ukuvimbela Ukukhubazeka Kokuzalwa
Inani elimangalisayo le-folic acid, noma i-folate, cishe likhona ku-annatto. Nakuba le vithamini inezinzuzo eziningi, ukuvimbela ukukhubazeka kwe-neural tube ekukhuleni kwezingane kungase kube okubaluleke kakhulu. Abesifazane abakhulelwe kufanele bakhulise ukudla kwabo i-folic acid ukuze bavimbele lesi sifo.
4. Ukunakekelwa Kwesikhumba
Isici esibalulekile ekudumeni kuka-annatto ekunakekelweni kwesikhumba ukuba khona okungenzeka kwe-tocotrienols, esebenza njengama-antioxidants.
Uma ubufuna umkhiqizo we-skincare onezinto zokulwa nokuguga, unamathisele we-annatto olungiselelwe kusuka embewini ungasetshenziswa phezulu ukuze mhlawumbe unciphise ukubukeka kwemibimbi, amabala, namanye amaphutha futhi uqinise isikhumba futhi usenze sibukeke sisincane.
Funda Futhi: I-Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea. L): Ukubaluleka Nezinzuzo Zezempilo
5. Umdlavuza
Enye yezingulube ezifakwe embewini ye-annatto, i-norbixin, yaziwa kakhulu ngezici zayo ezinamandla zokulwa ne-antioxidant. Ucwaningo lwakamuva luye lwabonisa ukuthi i-norbixin inomthelela oqondile we-anti-mutagenic kumaseli anempilo avezwe kumaseli ayingozi kanye nama-radicals mahhala, okuphakamisa ukuthi imbewu ingase ikwazi ukusiza ekuvimbeleni ukusabalala kwezifo ezihlukahlukene.
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6. Ingase yelaphe isifo sohudo
Iminyaka eyinkulungwane, i-annatto ibisetshenziswa njengekhambi lemvelo eliphumelelayo le-gonorrhea. Ukusebenzisa ukunamathisela kwayo ngokwezihloko noma ngaphakathi kungaba usizo kakhulu kulabo abananoma yiziphi izimo ezingakhululekile nezibangela amahloni ukuze basuse leyo STD ethile.
7. Ingase Ikhulule Izinkinga Zesisu
Kuwumkhuba ojwayelekile ukudla i-annatto ukuze upholise isisu esibuhlungu. Ukwengeza, inezici zesisu ezisetshenziselwa ukudambisa isilungulela kanye nokungakhululeki okungalethwa yinoma yini kusukela ekuthelelekeni ngegciwane kuya ekudleni ngokweqile ekudleni okubabayo.
8. Angapholisa Amanxeba
Ukusebenzisa inhlanyelo yembewu ye-annatto kungase kusheshise inqubo yokuphola uma uhlangabezane nokusha kwesikhumba noma amanxeba noma uhlangabezana nanoma yiluphi uhlobo lokucasuka kwesikhumba. Ukwengeza, kungase kunciphise ukubonakala kwezibazi. Izakhiwo zayo ze-antibacterial ezingokwemvelo zingasiza futhi ekuvimbeleni izifo.
9. Ukunakekelwa Kwamehlo
Okuqukethwe kwe-carotenoid ephezulu kwe-annatto kungase kusebenze njengama-antioxidants ohlelweni lwakho lwe-ocular futhi mhlawumbe kuvimbele ukonakala kwe-macular kanye nokukhula kwe-cataract, kulondoloze amehlo akho iminyaka.
10. Izakhiwo ze-Microbial
Ngenxa yama-antioxidant anamandla, i-annatto inamandla okulwa nezinhlobonhlobo zamagciwane nezifo emzimbeni. Ukwengeza, kungase kube usizo ikakhulukazi ezifweni eziningana ezitholakala ekudleni.
Funda Futhi: Izinzuzo Zezempilo Eziyi-10 Ze-Anise (Pimpinella Anisum)
Inani lokudla okunomsoco lika-Annatto (Bixa Orellana)
1. Amaprotheni: Imbewu ye-Annatto iqukethe cishe amagremu angu-14.6 ngamagremu angu-100 omile, asekela ukugcinwa kwemisipha, ukuphendula kwamasosha omzimba, nemisebenzi ye-enzymatic emzimbeni.
2. Ama-carbohydrate: Cishe ngamagremu angama-32.6 esitashi ngamagremu ayi-100 ento eyomile, kanye namanye ama-carbs anikela engqikithini yamandla, lokhu kunikeza umthombo wamandla aqhubekayo nosizo ezinqubweni ze-metabolic.
3. I-Dietary Fiber: Imbewu inamagremu angu-43.4 wefayibha yokuhlanza engathathi hlangothi nge-100 grams yento eyomile, ekhuthaza impilo yokugaya ukudla, elawula amazinga e-cholesterol, futhi esekela i-gut microbiota.
4. Amafutha: Iqukethe amagremu angu-2.4 ngamagremu angu-100 wento eyomile, okuqukethwe kwamafutha aphansi kuhlanganisa ama-lipids abalulekile asiza ukumuncwa kwezakhi kanye nobuqotho besakhiwo seseli.
5. Umlotha (Amaminerali): Kumagremu angu-5.5 ku-100 amagremu wento eyomile, lokhu kubonisa iphrofayili ecebile yamaminerali ebalulekile empilweni yamathambo, ibhalansi yoketshezi, kanye nokusabela okuhlukahlukene komzimba.
6. I-calcium: Ngamagremu angu-0.14 ngamagremu angu-100 wento eyomile, i-calcium inomthelela emandleni amathambo namazinyo, ukusebenza kwemisipha, nokudluliswa kwemizwa.
7. Phosphorus: Ihlinzeka ngamagremu angu-0.43 ngamagremu angu-100 wodaba olomile, i-phosphorus isebenza ne-calcium empilweni yamathambo, ukukhiqizwa kwamandla, nokulungisa amaselula.
8. I-Potassium: Kumagremu angu-1.1 ku-100 amagremu wento eyomile, i-potassium isiza ukugcina ibhalansi ye-electrolyte, isekela isigqi senhliziyo, futhi isiza ekufinyezeni kwemisipha.
9. Ama-carotenoids: Ecebile nge-bixin ne-norbixin, lawa ma-antioxidants avikela ekucindezelekeni kwe-oxidative, asekela impilo yamehlo, futhi anganciphisa ukuvuvukala.
10. Tocotrienols: Njengohlobo lukavithamini E, ama-tocotrienols ku-annatto anikeza izinzuzo ze-antioxidant, ezingase zibe ngcono impilo yenhliziyo futhi zivikele emonakalweni wamaselula.
Ubufakazi Besayensi kanye Nezifundo Zezenzakalo ku-Annatto (Bixa Orellana)

1. UGiorgi et al. (2013): Izinhlamvu zembewu ye-Ethanolic ezivela ku-annatto yase-Brazilian Amazon zibonise umsebenzi we-antioxidant ekuhlolweni kwe-DPPH ku-0.1 g/L kanye nemiphumela yokuxosha omiyane ngokumelene ne-Aedes aegypti ku-18.2 mg/mL, okugqamisa izinzuzo zokunciphisa ukucindezeleka kwe-oxidative nokuvikelwa kwezinambuzane. (Giorgi, A., De Marinis, P., Granelli, G., Chiesa, L. M., & Panseri, S. (2013). Iphrofayela yesibili ye-metabolite, umthamo we-antioxidant, nomsebenzi wokuxosha omiyane we-Bixa orellana wase-Brazilian Amazon region. I-Journal of Chemistry, 2013, I-Athikili 409826.
2. Abayomi et al. (2014): Ucwaningo lwe-in vitro lubonise ukukhishwa kwembewu ye-annatto kubonise umsebenzi we-antioxidant ekugxilweni kuka-0.25 kuya ku-2.5 μg/mL, okufakazela amandla ekulweni nama-radicals mahhala kanye nezindaba zezempilo ezihlobene. (Abayomi, M., Adebayo, A. S., Bennett, D., Porter, R., Shelly-Campbell, J., Joseph, J., & Badal, S. (2014). Umsebenzi we-In vitro antioxidant we-Bixa orellana (annatto) ukukhishwa kwembewu.) Ijenali ye-Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 101–0), 64(2), 101–0),
3. Pacheco et al. (2019): Ukuphathwa ngomlomo kwe bixin kusuka kumbewu ye-annatto (15-30 mg/kg) kumagundane anciphisa i-paw edema eyenziwe yi-carrageenan kanye nokufuduka kwe-neutrophil ngokuvimbela i-myeloperoxidase, ebonisa izinzuzo zokulwa nokuvuvukala. (Pacheco, F. I., Bitencourt, M. A. O., Somacal, S., Emanuelli, T., & Roehrs, M. (2019). Imiphumela elwa nokuvuvukala ye-bixin kumodeli yesilwane yokuvuvukala. Ukuvuvukala, 42(3), 1088–1096.)
4. Tao et al. (2015): Kumagundane, i-intraperitoneal bixin (200 mg/kg) yehlise omaka bokuvuvuka okubangelwa yi-UV, ukunciphisa ukushuba kwe-epidermal, kanye nokulimala kwe-DNA oxidative okuncishisiwe, okusekela ukuvikelwa kwesikhumba kanye nemiphumela elwa nokuvuvukala. (Tao, S., Park, S. L., Rojo de la Vega, M., Zhang, D. D., & Wondrak, G. T. (2015). Ukuphathwa okuhlelekile kwe-apocarotenoid bixin kuvikela isikhumba emonakalweni welanga we-UV ngokuvula i-Nrf2. I-Radical Radical Biology and Medicine yamahhala, 89–7000.69)
5. I-Somacal et al. (2015): Konogwaja be-hypercholesterolemic, i-bixin yomlomo (10-30 mg/kg izinsuku ezingama-60) yehlisa ingcindezi ye-oxidative, izimpendulo zokuvuvukala, kanye namaphrofayili e-lipid athuthukisiwe, okubonisa izinzuzo zezempilo zenhliziyo. (Somacal, S., Figueiredo, C. G., Quatrin, A., Ruviaro, A. R., Conte, L., Augusti, P. R., Roehrs, M., Danesi, G. L., Somacal, S., & Emanuelli, T. (2015). Umphumela we-antiatherogenic we-bixin ku-raxidant ye-antioxidant ye-raxidative kanye nephrofayili ye-antilipidemic ehlobene ne-hypercholesterolemic ehambisanayo imiphumela ye-Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 403(1–2), 243–253.)
Imibuzo Evame Ukubuzwa Ngo-Annatto (Bixa Orellana)
1. Uyini u-Annatto (Bixa orellana)? Isihlahla esishisayo esinembewu yaso enikeza udayi wemvelo obomvu-wolintshi kanye nesinongo, osetshenziswa ekudleni, ezimonyo nasemithini yesintu.
2. Yiziphi izinzuzo eziyinhloko zezempilo ze-annatto? Inikeza i-antioxidant, i-antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, kanye nemiphumela engaba khona yokulwa nomdlavuza, isekela iso, inhliziyo, nempilo yesikhumba.
3. Ingasetshenziswa kanjani i-annatto? Njengombala wokudla ezitsheni, kwizithasiselo zezinhlanganisela zayo ze-bioactive, noma ngokwezihloko kwizimonyo zokuvikela isikhumba.
4. Ingabe ikhona imiphumela emibi ye-annatto? Ngokuvamile kuphephile, kodwa kungase kubangele ukungezwani komzimba njengezinyosi noma ubuhlungu besisu kubantu abazwelayo; gwema imithamo ephezulu uma ukhulelwe.
5. Ingabe i-annatto ingasiza ngokuvuvukala? Yebo, izinhlanganisela ezifana ne-bixin zinciphisa izimpawu zokuvuvukala, njengoba kuboniswe ezifundweni zezilwane ezimweni ezifana ne-edema.
6. Ingabe i-annatto ilungele amehlo? I-carotenoid yayo ingase ivikele ekuwohlokeni kwe-macular okuhlobene neminyaka ngokunciphisa ukunqwabelana kwezakhi eziyingozi.
7. Yiziphi izakhamzimba ezisezimbewu ze-annatto? Zihlanganisa amaprotheni, i-fiber, amaminerali afana ne-potassium ne-calcium, kanye nama-antioxidants afana ne-bixin ne-tocotrienols.
8. Ingabe i-annatto inazo izici zokulwa namagciwane? Izingcaphuno zivimbela ukukhula kwamagciwane kanye nesikhunta, okungase kunwebe isikhathi seshelufu lokudla futhi kulwe nezifo.
9. Ingabe i-annatto ingakwazi ukusekela impilo yenhliziyo? I-Tocotrienols kanye nemiphumela elwa nokuvuvukala ingase ithuthukise amaphrofayili e-lipid futhi inciphise ukucindezeleka okwenziwe nge-oxidative.
10. I-annatto ivame ukutholakala kuphi? Itholakala eMelika Ephakathi naseNingizimu, itshalwa ezindaweni ezishisayo ngenxa yembewu yayo esetshenziswa emhlabeni wonke emikhiqizweni eyahlukene.
Ingabe unayo imibuzo, iziphakamiso, noma iminikelo? Uma kunjalo, sicela ukhululeke ukusebenzisa ibhokisi lokuphawula elingezansi ukuze wabelane ngemicabango yakho. Futhi sikukhuthaza ukuba wabelane ngomusa lokhu kwaziswa nabanye abangase bazuze kukho. Njengoba singakwazi ukufinyelela wonke umuntu ngesikhathi esisodwa, silwazisa ngempela usizo lwakho ekusakazeni izwi. Siyabonga kakhulu ngokusekela kwakho nokwabelana!
Umshwana wokuzihlangula: Lesi sihloko senzelwe izinjongo zemfundo kanye nolwazi kuphela. Izinzuzo zezempilo ezichazwe zisekelwe ocwaningweni lwesayensi nolwazi lwendabuko. Azithathi indawo yeseluleko sezokwelapha esiqeqeshiwe, ukuxilongwa, noma ukwelashwa. Hlala uthintana nochwepheshe bezempilo ngaphambi kokusebenzisa noma yimaphi amakhambi noma ikhambi lemvelo ngezinjongo zokwelapha.
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