Citrus fruits as a treasure trove of active natural metabolites that potentially provide benefits for human health

Chemistry Central Journal

Xinmiao Lv²  Siyu Zhao²  Zhangchi Ning²  Honglian Zeng²  Yisong Shu²  Ou Tao²  Cheng Xiao¹  Cheng Lu³  Yuanyan Liu² 

[1] Institute of Clinical Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China

[2] School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China

[3] School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China

关键词: Flavonoids;    Human health;    Bioactivities;    Secondary metabolites;    Citrus fruits;   

Others  :  1234996
DOI  :  10.1186/s13065-015-0145-9

 received in 2015-07-14, accepted in 2015-11-25,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Citrus fruits, which are cultivated worldwide, have been recognized as some of the most high-consumption fruits in terms of energy, nutrients and health supplements. What is more, a number of thesefruits have been used as traditional medicinal herbs to cure diseases in several Asian countries. Numerous studies have focused on Citrus secondary metabolites as well as bioactivities and have been intended to develop new chemotherapeutic or complementary medicine in recent decades. Citrus-derived secondary metabolites, including flavonoids, alkaloids, limonoids, coumarins, carotenoids, phenolic acids and essential oils, are of vital importance to human health due to their active properties. These characteristics include anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, as well as cardiovascular protective effects, neuroprotective effects, etc. This review summarizes the global distribution and taxonomy, numerous secondary metabolites and bioactivities of Citrus fruits to provide a reference for further study. Flavonoids as characteristic bioactive metabolites in Citrus fruits are mainly introduced.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Lv et al.

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