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The pomelo (/ ˈ p ɒ m ɪ l oʊ, ˈ p ʌ m-/ POM-il-oh, PUM-; [2] [3] Citrus maxima), also known as a shaddock, is the largest citrus fruit. It is an ancestor of several cultivated citrus species, including the bitter orange and the grapefruit. It is a natural, non-hybrid, citrus fruit, native to Southeast Asia. Similar in taste to a sweet ...
Banpeiyu (Japanese: 晩白柚) is a cultivar of pomelo which produces extremely large fruits. [1] A banpeiyu fruit became the world's heaviest pomelo when it was presented by Seiji Sonoda from Japan for the Guinness World Record at the Banpeiyu Competition in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan on December 25, 2014. This specimen weighed 4.8597 kg (10 ...
The bitter orange, sour orange, Seville orange, bigarade orange, or marmalade orange is the hybrid citrus tree species Citrus × aurantium, and its fruit. It is native to Southeast Asia and has been spread by humans to many parts of the world. It is a cross between the pomelo, Citrus maxima, and the wild type mandarin orange, Citrus reticulata.
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Pomelo, a large citrus fruit known as 'pamplemousse' in French spoken in France; Grapefruit, a pomelo hybrid known by the name 'pamplemousse' in French spoken in Quebec, Switzerland and Belgium; Frankie Pamplemousse, a cartoon character on The ZhuZhus; A flavor of La Croix Sparkling Water "Pamplemousse", song by FKA Twigs on the 2022 mixtape ...
The WHO notes some side effects of using the substances long term. Erythritol also doesn’t contribute to tooth decay and is lower in calories and carbs, which could help with weight loss ...
The pomelo was the female ancestor; the sweet orange, itself a hybrid, was the male. [30] Both C. sinensis and C. maxima were present in the West Indies by 1692. One story of the fruit's origin is that a 17th-century trader named 'Captain Shaddock' [1] [32] brought pomelo seeds to Jamaica and bred the first fruit, which were then called ...
Bergamottin and dihydroxybergamottin are linear furanocoumarins functionalized with side chains derived from geraniol. They are inhibitors of some isoforms of the cytochrome P450 enzyme, in particular CYP3A4. [2] This prevents oxidative metabolism of certain drugs by the enzyme, resulting in an elevated concentration of drug in the bloodstream.