Quince
Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) is an important deciduous fruit tree species, belonging to the Rosaceae family. Although it is native to the western Asia region, it is also grown in several other parts of the world. As quince is a temperate fruit, it can g
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Gulzar Ahmed Rather, Mohd Yasin Bhat, Siva Sankar Sana, Aarif Ali, Mir Zahoor Gul, Anima Nanda, and Musheerul Hassan
Abstract
Quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) is an important deciduous fruit tree species, belonging to the Rosaceae family. Although it is native to the western Asia region, it is also grown in several other parts of the world. As quince is a temperate fruit, it can grow only in few regions of India, especially Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The fruit possesses a plethora of medicinal properties because of its varied chemical composition. As a nutritional and dietary food source, it contains carbohydrates, fat, proteins, fibers, vitamins, and minerals. The quince fruits are also known for their distinctive flavor, fragrance, hardness, and acerbity. They are known to have astringent, carminative, antivinous, and laxative properties. Quince is also known to contain medicinally important metabolites such as phenolics, flavonoids, carotenoids, organic acids, terpenoids, tannins, and other volatile compounds. These metabolites in
G. A. Rather · A. Nanda (*) Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India M. Y. Bhat Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India S. S. Sana School of Chemical Engineering and Environment, North University of China, Taiyu, China A. Ali Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India M. Z. Gul Department of Biochemistry, University College of Sciences, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India M. Hassan Department of Life Sciences, Pacific University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India # Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 G. A. Nayik, A. Gull (eds.), Antioxidants in Fruits: Properties and Health Benefits, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7285-2_20
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fruits, as well as other organs, are accountable for many important medicinal properties like antioxidant, antidiabetic, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, antiallergic, hepatoprotective, aphrodisiac, antidiarrheal, antidepressant, diuretic, etc. Besides this, they are also used in the management and cure of hepatitis, influenza, skin abrasions, ulcers, constipation, sore throat, respiratory tract, and urinary problems. Quince can be considered as an ancient nourishing fruit with a copious potential with health-promoting roles and medicinal properties. Keywords
Quince · Antioxidant · Medicinal properties · Polyphenols · Antiallergic
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Introduction
Cydonia oblonga Mill. Kingdom Plantae Division Magnoliophyta Class Magnoliopsida Sub-class Rosidae Order Rosales Family Rosaceae Subfamily Maloideae Genus Cydonia Species Cydonia Oblonga Cydonia oblonga Mill. (Quince) is the only species of the monotypic genus Cydonia of the Rosaceae family. There exist, however, several subspecies and forms which have been described (Duarte et al. 2014). Apart from being commonly called quince in the English language, it is popular by several c
