Cashew apple rich in Vitamin-C and minerals is fleshy, juicy, sweet and has a pleasant flavour. At the same time the apples possess certain medicinal properties apart from higher content of Vitamin-C and minerais. The apples are used in curing scurvy,diarrohea, uterine complaints, dropsy, neurologic pain, rheumatism and cholera. Apples are also used as medicine for women after parruration. It has an advantageous defattening effect on human beings (Vaidehi and Ray, 2000). Interestingly only 10-15 percent of the cashew fruits are used to produce country made liquor called Fermi in Goa (Nanjundaswamy, 1984). The fruit wastage is mainly due to its disliking qualities such as astringency and acrid principles since the fruits are rich in tannin (0.33% or 60 to 382.5mg/100ml), which causes throat and tongue irritation after eating (Vaidehi et al, 1990). But the fruits can be made suitable for consumption by removing the undesirable tannin and preparing value added products such as clarified juice, syrup, squash, canned fruit, pickles, jam, jelly and chutney etc. hi addition to this, dissemination of cashew apple processing techniques could generate additional income to the farmers and to rural economy and employment opportunities (Vaidehi and Ray, 2000).
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机译：富含维生素C和矿物质的腰果苹果肉质多汁，甜美，风味怡人。同时苹果除了具有较高的维生素C和矿物质含量外，还具有某些药用特性。苹果用于治疗坏血病，腹泻，子宫不适，水肿，神经性疼痛，风湿病和霍乱。苹果也被用作女性的药。它对人类具有有利的脱脂作用（Vaidehi and Ray，2000）。有趣的是，只有10-15％的腰果被用于在果阿生产称为费米的乡村制酒（Nanjundaswamy，1984年）。水果的浪费主要是由于其讨厌的品质，例如涩味和刺激性的原则，因为水果富含单宁（0.33％或60至382.5mg / 100ml），进食后引起喉咙和舌头刺激（Vaidehi等，1990）。 。但是，可以通过去除不良的单宁并准备增值产品（例如澄清的果汁，糖浆，南瓜，水果罐头，咸菜，果酱，果冻和酸辣调味品等）来制成适合食用的水果。此外，还推广腰果苹果加工技术可以为农民，农村经济和就业机会带来额外的收入（Vaidehi和Ray，2000年）。
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