Melannurca IGP, elixir of long life made in Campania

Charme — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 15:17:31 +0000

The recognition that you do not expect for a product of excellence of Terra Felix: the mela annurca IGP, glory and pride of agricolture of Campania. Well, this fruit, bound to the fields of the Virgilio earth over two millennia (his depiction in paintings found in ruins at Herculaneum, testifies to the ancient bond of “Annurca” with the Roman world) would have beneficial effects for the control of bad cholesterol and contrast to baldness. This is certified by a study of the Department of Pharmacy of the University “Federico II” of Naples that the polyphenols extracted from meletipiche of Campania has got two nutraceutical products in advanced stages of human testing. Along with the Consortium Melannurca IGP, the department has signed, the Milan Expo, a memorandum of understanding that provides to producers of melannurca IGP can provide raw materials to the nutraceutical. The university of Federico II worked three years on the cultivar Annurca Apple and Red Apple South, grown in the production area IGP.

“All apples contain polyphenols – explains Gian Carlo Tenore, professor of chemistry and toxicology of the department – but the cultivar examined have a content of a group of polyphenols from recognized health effects, procyanidins, much higher than any other cultivar. So it was developed mela annurca cholesterol, a nutraceutical product can reduce total cholesterol by 28.8% and increase the expression of HDL (good cholesterol) by 60%”.
The beneficial effects on the human body of polyphenolic extracts obtained from apples annurche were already ‘known in the literature, but they were always tested in vitro. The product has a daily total polyphenols – 800 milligrams. – Equivalent to eight apples, and it is in the final phase of human trials. Replicated the process for AppleMets hair, that effectively fights baldness, allowing the regrowth of hair with a significant increase also in hair diameter. In this case the study focused on the selection of procyanidin B-2, responsible for the effect regrowth.

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The fragrant symbol of Campania Felix

Sergio Gradogna — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:03:09 +0000

Despite the ‘macabre’ connotation regarding the dead attributed to it by Pliny the Elder, the Annurca apple Igp (protected geographical indication) has long been a symbol of the genuineness and fertility ofCampaniafelix. Red, crunchy and aromatic with a compact white flesh, it also possesses extraordinary therapeutic properties that has made it the preferred ‘medicine’ of young and old for over two millennia; indeed, the fruit is depicted in frescoes found in the House of the Deer at Herculaneum. According to Pliny’s Naturalis Historia, the apple came from the fertile plain around Pozzuoli, just a stone’s throw from Lake Avernus and the gateway to the underworld – an origin confirmed in the 16^th century by Gian Battista Della Porta who mentions the apple in his Pomarium However, the name ‘annurca’ does not appear until almost three centuries later in a book on arboriculture by G. A. Pasquale.[charme-gallery] The annurca and southern red varieties are grown primarily in the provinces ofCaserta,Benevento andNaples (50,000 tons per year) and have an unmistakeable flavour thanks to the particular microclimate The apple’s popularity is now beginning to spread beyond the region’s borders, thanks to its being rich in vitamins, fibre and minerals and having renowned anti-oxidant properties The Campania Annurca apples are ripened on the ground on layers of straw or wood shavings and received the Igp label in 2006, one year after the creation of the Consortium for the apple’s protection and promotion.

Consortium for the protection of Mela Annurca Campana IGP apples
Via G. Verdi, 29
Caserta
Tel. 0823 325144
www.melannurca.it

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Melannurca IGP, elixir of long life made in Campania

The fragrant symbol of Campania Felix