Qin-Ge Ma, Lei Wang, Rong-Hua Liu, Jin-Bin Yuan, Hui Xiao, Zhang-Yang Shen, Jia-Xin Li, Jia-Zeng Guo, Lan Cao, Hui-Lian Huang, Rong-Rui Wei
Phyllanthus emblica Linn is not only an edible fruit with high nutritional value, but also a medicinal plant with multiple bioactivities. It is widely used in clinical practice with functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, digesting food, strengthening stomach, promoting fluid production, and relieving cough. This review summarized a wide variety of phytonutrients, including nutritional components (mineral elements, amino acids, vitamins, polysaccharides, unsaturated free fatty acids) and functional components (phenolic acids (1-34), tannins (35-98), flavonoids (99-141), sterols (142-159), triterpenoids (160-175), lignans (176-183), alkaloids (184-197), alkanes (198-212), aromatic micromolecules (213-222), other compounds (223-239))...
March 1, 2024: Food Chemistry