Sechium is a genus in tribe sicyoeae of the gourd family, cucurbitaceae. Its best known member is the edible and widely cultivated chayote species. Chayote, sechium edule have you ever eaten chayote pronounced roughly chyotay. Chayote was one of the several foods introduced to the old world during the columbian exchange. While native to guatemala, it is popular throughout tropical regions where it is known by several names including vegetable pear, mirliton, and mango squash. The drying and rehydration process of chayote sechium edule. The chayote has been grown to a limited extent in florida for many years.
Chayote is native to the new world tropics and is also grown as an annual plant in temperate. The effect of chayote extract sechium edule on blood pressure in pregnant women with hypertension background. Jeffrey are cultivated, the latter only in costa rica. Biosynthesis of ga9 in a cellfree system of sechium edule. Return to article details micropropagation of waterpear sechium edule jacq. Increased blood pressure of pregnant women during pregnancy is one of the high risks. Sechium edule was domesticated in mesoamerica probably southern mexico to guatemala where it was a staple of the aztecs and mayas.
During the same time it was introduced into europe and. General information about sechium edule sehed mexico. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the. Zygotic embryos of two cultivars, ccocro negro cn and claudio. Postharvest storage temperature and film wrap effects on. Determining the geographical origin of sechium edule. Sechium edule, cucurbitaceae, sayote, transcinnamic acid, phenylacetic acid, 3octadecenoic. Nutritional evaluation of squash sechium edule germplasms.
The drying and rehydration process of chayote sechium edule conference paper pdf available september 2018. Bibliography on sechium edule, ichintal, edible root edible root crops as food for the mayan people for thousands of years sechium edule is a remarkable plant because you can eat most parts of it. Collected from garo hills of meghalaya north east india. Chayote sechium edule, also known as mirliton squash, is an edible plant belonging to the. Also called choko, mirliton or merliton, cristophene in many parts of the caribbean, mango squash, or vegetable. Cn102960765a processing method of sechium edule scented. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops.
It was introduced to south america during the 18th and 19th centuries. A guide to growing mirlitons sechium edule in louisiana. View of micropropagation of waterpear sechium edule jacq. The processing method comprises the following steps of. The effect of chayote extract sechium edule on blood. Stress ethylene production in seed and fruit of sechium. A new species of powdery mildew found on sechium edule and sechium mexicanum. This exploratory study aimed to determine the effect of the consumption of the dried fruit powder supplement of sechium edule var. Determining the geographical origin of sechium edule fruits by multielement analysis.
Chayote sechium edule is a perennial squash that will produce well for several years. The antioxidant activities aa of sechium edule extracts were tested by three established in vitro methods, namely reducing power. Beverages free fulltext nutraceutic characteristics. Chayote sechium edule, also known as mirliton squash, is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family, cucurbitaceae. Identification of postharvest chayote sechium edule. Cucurbitaceae chayote, chayote squash, vegetable pear, chaw chaw origin. The sechium edule can be grown on the ground, but as a. The chayote juice combined with stevia and pineapple maintained the original. This tropical vegetable is being seen more frequently in wisconsin grocery stores with the increase in latino populations. The vines grow rapidly and can extend more than 50 feet from the base of the plant. The non hydroxylated gibberellin ga 9 has been biosynthesized from biosynthetically prepared 14 c kaurene in a cellfree system of young cotyledons of sechium edule. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Chayote, sechium edule, perennial vine of the gourd family cucurbitaceae, cultivated for its edible fruits. By the 18th century it had been spread throughout the caribbean and into south america, then was introduced into europe and made its way to africa, asia.
Plant genetics and crop plant research, gaterslebeninternational plant genetic resources institute, rome, italy. Department of entomology, university of california, berkeley, ca 94720. Chayote sechium edule phytochemical and pharmacological approaches chapter pdf available october 2017 with 8,885 reads how we measure reads. The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a crude extract of the hybrid h38707gisem, which is a product of which is the product of crossbred of varieties. In this study a morphological and anatomical variation analysis was carried out with leaves and fruits of sechium edule, collected in the central. Also during this period, the plant spread from mesoamerica to other parts of the americas, ultimately causing it to be integrated into the cuisine of many other latin american nations.
Chayote is a tender, perennialrooted cucurbit, with climbing vines and leaves resembling those of the cucumber. Chemical investigation of the dichloromethane extract of the leaves of sechium edule jacq. The cytotoxicity of eight variants of the fruit from sechium edule on different. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The neutral flavor and softness of chayote fruit sechium edule jacq. Bibliography on sechium edule, ichintal, edible root. Its common name is derived from the nahuatl word chayotl. All participants oxs markers were measured before and after treatment.
Glaucio dire feliciano1, maria luisa gomes1, elaine. Yes sechium edule is widely cultivated throughout the americas. Postharvest behavior of sechium edule and expression of. It has a tuberous rootstock and heartshaped leaves.
Sechium edule or commonly known as chayote or choko is a vigorous, perennial vine growing up to 30 m long native to mesoamerica. Introduced in indian subcontinent, indochina, western africa, central america, caribbean, south america western. Developmental and nutritional aspects of chayote sechium edule. The invention relates to a processing method of sechium edule scented chicken. Chayote sechiumedule, cucurbitaceae, a lesserknown member of the gourd family, is gaining in popularity and. View enhanced pdf access article on wiley online library html view download pdf for offline viewing. Postharvest storage temperature and film wrap effects on quality of chayote, sechium edule sw. Sechium edule n a taxonomic species within the family cucurbitaceae chayote, a food plant originating in central america, now cultivated worldwide in suitable climates. Antioxidants free fulltext effect of sechium edule. Nutraceutic characteristics of the extracts and juice of chayote.