Traditional medicine believes that soursop has a slightly sweet, slightly sour taste, an aroma like custard apple, is cool, very nutritious and helps clear body heat well. Some scientific studies also show that custard apple extract has many antioxidant compounds such as tannins, saponins, flavonoids, anthraquinones or phytosterols, etc., which bring many good effects.
According to the Journal of Natural Products, a prestigious journal in the American Chemical Society, custard apple has the ability to kill cancer cells 10,000 times more than chemotherapy treatments without harming the cells. healthy cells, as well as causing no side effects.
Soursop is often used as a folk remedy to lower blood pressure. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can increase your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke
Carbajal et al., 1991 indicated that: The antihypertensive effect of custard apple is not mediated through muscarinic, histaminergic, adrenergic and nitric oxide pathways, but through peripheral mechanisms involving the antagonism. resistance of Ca 2+
In the West Indies, custard-apple is commonly used as a sedative. In the Netherlands Antilles, the leaves are brewed to make a drink that promotes sleep. Leaves can also be placed on one's pillowcase to enhance sleep
The bark, roots and leaves of custard apple have been used as an anti-diabetic in Peru
Many traditional botanical treatments for diabetes are used worldwide (Marles and Farnswort, 1995). Managing diabetes without any side effects remains a challenge for the health system. This has led to an increasing demand for natural products with antidiabetic activity and fewer side effects (Kameswara et al., 1999). Many herbs and plant products have been shown to have blood sugar-lowering effects. Different morphological parts of custard apple have been reported to be useful as effective remedy against diabetes.
The anti-inflammatory active ingredients from soursop fruit and leaves are proven to have the ability to reduce pain, antibacterial, reduce edema due to swelling, and support the treatment of acute and chronic arthritis extremely effectively.