Resources and Biological Activities of Natural Polyphenols

Nutrients

An-Na Li¹  Sha Li¹  Yu-Jie Zhang¹  Xiang-Rong Xu²  Yu-Ming Chen¹ 

[1] Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; E-Mails:;Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-Resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; E-Mail:

关键词: polyphenols;    antioxidant;    cardioprotection;    anticancer;    anti-inflammation;    antimicrobial;    bioavailability;   

DOI  :  10.3390/nu6126020

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The oxidative stress imposed by reactive oxygen species (ROS) plays an important role in many chronic and degenerative diseases. As an important category of phytochemicals, phenolic compounds universally exist in plants, and have been considered to have high antioxidant ability and free radical scavenging capacity, with the mechanism of inhibiting the enzymes responsible for ROS production and reducing highly oxidized ROS. Therefore, phenolic compounds have attracted increasing attention as potential agents for preventing and treating many oxidative stress-related diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, ageing, diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative diseases. This review summarizes current knowledge of natural polyphenols, including resource, bioactivities, bioavailability and potential toxicity.

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