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Tangerine [ Mandarin Orange]

  Tangerines are a type of mandarin oranges with sweet to tart taste. Citrus plants, which are small trees or large shrubs, have spiny shoots and alternately arranged evergreen leaves with an entire margin.

 The flowers are solitary or in small corymbs. Being loose-skinned, the fruit is hard to pick without damage and is the highest priced fruit.

  The number of seeds in each segment (carpel) varies greatly (up to 59). Good quality tangerines will be firm to slightly hard, heavy for their size, and pebbly-skinned with no deep grooves, as well as reddish-orange in color.

The tangerine can be grown in tropical and subtropical areas. The tree is more tolerant to drought than the fruit. The tree is easily damaged by colds and numerous stamens; they are often very strongly scented.

Nutritional facts & Health benefits of Tangerines

    These fruits are rich source of vitamin C and low in calories and fats. It also contains fiber and sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium also. Therefore, tangerines can be a good addition to your healthy diet plan.

Tangerines also contain antioxidants flavonoids and phenolics. Antioxidants can protect your body against free radicals and many serious types of morbidities.

·       Prevents inflammation   

     Tangerines are rich sources of vitamin C and hence protect the body against infections as well as inflammations.

·       antioxidant properties

Tangerines contain vitamin C , flavonoids and phenolic compounds which are very potent antioxidants against free radicals. These antioxidants can prevent cell damage and diseases arising from cellular level injury and damage.

·       Antiaging properties

The antioxidants can delay the signs of ageing preventing oxidative stress on skin and vital organs by the free radicals. Antioxidants, particularly vitamin C helps to boost collagen and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.

·       Protects eyes and vision

The vitamins in this fruit prevents age related degenerative changes tow

·       Protect against diabetes.

Due to antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of vitamin C and  flavonoids  it can  prevent diabetic complications.

 

 
References

1.      https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tangerine#:~:text=Tangerines%20are%20a%20type%20of,(Katz%20and%20Weaver%202003).
2.      J. Forsyth, in Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition (Second Edition), 2003
3.      https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030442381830387X

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