Vitamins in Dragon Fruit

Dragon fruit is the fruit of a cactus, and has an interesting look to it. There are several varieties, including white, red, purple and yellow fruits. Dragon fruit is also known as thang loy, strawberry pear, pitaya roja and la pitahaya rouge. The fruit's skin is not eaten, so dragon fruit is cut open or sliced to scoop out the fruit. Dragon fruit contains a number of vitamins, making it a healthy food.

Vitamin A

According to Agriculture Business Week, dragon fruit contains vitamin A, which has multiple benefits. Dragon fruit is associated with aiding the memory, thanks to its vitamin A content. The vitamin A in dragon fruit is in the form of carotene. A piece of the fruit contains approximately 0.012 g of vitamin A.

Vitamin C

Dragon fruit also has vitamin C, in the form of ascorbic acid, says the USDA and Agriculture Business Week. The vitamin C in dragon fruit may help strengthen immune functions and encourage skin to heal. One piece of this fruit has about 9.0 mg of vitamin C.

B Vitamins

Dragon fruit has a number of B vitamins, including B1 or thiamine, vitamin B2 or riboflavin, and vitamin B3 or niacin, according to Agriculture Business Week. The B vitamins in dragon fruit help provide health benefits such as moisturizing the skin; lowering LDL, or "bad," cholesterol levels; breaking down carbohydrates to create energy for the body; and increasing appetite. The fruit has about 0.045 mg of vitamin B2, about 0.430 mg of vitamin B3 and small amounts of vitamin B1.

Minerals

Dragon fruit contains some healthy minerals, along with the vitamins. According to Agriculture Business Week, dragon fruit includes about 8.8 g of calcium, 36.1 mg of phosphorus and 0.65 mg of iron. The USDA adds potassium to dragon fruit's list of minerals, and Dr. Abhay Kumar Pati, on the website PR Log, says dragon fruit also contains chromium and magnesium.