Drug efficacy dragon tree is not only derived from the fruit but the leaves and fruit leather. Besides delicious red dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) or often called red pitaya also have kasiat-lowering drugs such as blood sugar levels in diabetics and smooth the skin, while extract of leaves and fruit skin can increase the flexibility of blood vessels and inhibits tumor cell growth.
Lowering Blood Sugar Levels
By consuming a red dragon fruit (250 grams) every morning and evening for eight consecutive days will lower blood sugar levels in diabetics. During eating dragon fruit should be patient stops taking the rice because rice is a source of sugar for diabetics.
Smooth Skin
According to Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yusuf experts of traditional Chinese medicine, in Chinese culture the dragon fruit believed to smooth the skin so it appears more beautiful, but it is not used to treat deadly diseases such as cancer or heart disease. Dragon fruit both to cope with the heat because it is cool.
Inhibiting Tumor Cell Growth
Savor the dragon tree is not located on the fruit but the leaves and fruit skin. Rosario Vargas Sols The results of the Laboratorio de Investigation Fitofarmacologia Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana de Xochimilco Mexico showed that the chloroform extract of the leaves contain a white fleshed dragon fruit pentacyclic triterpene compound taraxast-20-ene-3a-ol and taraxast-12, 20 (30)-dien- 3a-ol. Both compounds were shown to protect rabbit blood vessel flexibility. Researchers estimate the efficacy of both compounds were almost equal troxerutin one micro vascular protective drug on the market. The drug was beneficial to reduce the risk of rupture of blood vessels.
The in vitro results do Li-chen Wu, researcher Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi Nan University showed that the extract of red flesh dragon fruit skin has the potential to inhibit the growth of B16F10 tumor cells at doses of 25 grams.