Antioxidant defense

Nectarineshave a wonderful antioxidant power with a good amount of polyphenols, vitamin C content and carotenoids such as betacarotene and cryptoxanthin. The skin of the nectarine fruit has a higher concentration of such components as compared to the pulp so, just wash the fruit properly and eat unpeeled. These protective antioxidants exert free radical scavenging activities and assist in neutralizing the damaging effects of oxygen free molecules.