Litchi Good for Heath from Skin to Heart: an Overview of Litchi Functional Activities and Compounds
Litehi industry in China at present suffers from seasonal overproduction, which causes heavy burden in marketing the fresh fruit.Development of processing industry provides a way out from this difficult situation.Large quantity of scrap materials of skin and seed will be produced from processing and await utilization. Health promoting effects and medical functions of litchi tissues were well documented in ancient China.Modern phytochemistry and pharmacology provide sound evidences of litchis health promoting and medical functions,and functional compounds in the fruit are being discovered.This paper provides an overview of the studies of antioxidant activities in various fruit tissues of litchi,heating effect of and allergens in the flesh,anti-cancer effect of the peel,and anticancer,antivirus and diabetes-controlling effects of the seed.
Litchi chinensis Sonn antioxidant heating effect allergens anticancer antivirus anti-diabetes
Y.Wang H.C.Wang Z.Q.Hu H.B.Chen G.B.Hu X.M.Huang Z.K.Zhou
College of Horticulture South China Agricultural University Guangzhou 510642 China Dongguan Campus Guangdong Medical University Dongguan 532808 China
国际会议
福州
英文
645-652
2008-08-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）