METABOLOMIC VARIATION STUDY ON THE GENETICALLY VARIANT MICROBIAL STRAINS OF BORASSUS FLABELLIFER SAP COLLECTED FROM KANYAKUMARI AND TIRUNELVELI DISTRICTS

Abstract

Borassus flabellifer (Palmyra tree) has a unique specificity with gallons of medicinal properties in it.

Contemporary science has proved that consumption of fruits, leaves, bark, and roots has a role to play in boosting

as well as disease-preventing benefits because of a few substances, namely phytochemicals, viz., polyphenols,

vitamins, minerals, proteins, etc. (Prasad et al. 2016). Palm sap is a non-alcoholic, refreshing natural beverage that

has a plethora of health benefits of various natures. As the sap is rich in microflora, it is vulnerable to fermentation

instantaneously after the harvest. Toddy palm nectar (TPN) is a naturally fermented sap from young and matured

inflorescences of Borassus flabellifer Linn.