{"id":546427,"date":"2025-05-09T15:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/?p=546427"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:05:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:05:45","slug":"passion-fruit-against-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/passion-fruit-against-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion fruit against the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_546429\" style=\"max-width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright vertical\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-546429 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RPF-notas-maracuja-cerrado-2024-10-800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RPF-notas-maracuja-cerrado-2024-10-800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RPF-notas-maracuja-cerrado-2024-10-800-250x215.jpg 250w, https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RPF-notas-maracuja-cerrado-2024-10-800-700x601.jpg 700w, https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/RPF-notas-maracuja-cerrado-2024-10-800-120x103.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"media-credits-inline\">Lauro Sirgado\u2009\/\u2009Wikimedia Commons<\/span>A species from the Cerrado presents a potential source of flavonoids with photoprotective effects<span class=\"media-credits\">Lauro Sirgado\u2009\/\u2009Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Passiflora cincinnata<\/em>, a species of passion fruit typically found in the Caatinga and Cerrado biomes and sold at street markets in the states of Bahia and Goi\u00e1s, has a yellow, acidic pulp and is high in vitamin C. It could soon be used as more than just food. Nine chemical compounds called flavonoids, extracted from the leaves, showed antioxidant and photoprotective properties capable of blocking the sun&#8217;s ultraviolet rays in a study by researchers from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) and the Federal University of Vale do S\u00e3o Francisco (UNIVASF) in Brazil, the University of Porto in Portugal, and Paris Cit\u00e9 University in France. The leaf extract increased the efficacy of commercial formulations <em>in vitro<\/em>, indicating that it could be used as an adjuvant to reduce the amount of synthetic compounds in sunscreens, lowering the risk of allergic reactions. The leaves and fruits of the <em>Passiflora cincinnata <\/em>passion fruit are also used to treat insomnia, anxiety, hypertension, and inflammation. In Northeast Brazil, the fruit is used to make juices, sweets, and beer, with the leaves discarded. The flowers are ornamental and usually dark purple, but they can also be pink, lilac, or white (<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/cbdv.202401271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Chemistry and Biodiversity<\/em><\/a>, August).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Passion fruit species recommended for insomnia could also be used in sunscreen","protected":false},"author":475,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1651],"tags":[211,206,213,259,247,232],"coauthors":[785],"class_list":["post-546427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-biochemistry","tag-biodiversity","tag-botany","tag-chemistry","tag-medicine","tag-pharmacology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546468,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546427\/revisions\/546468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546427"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=546427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}