A review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolites
Kombucha is a beverage made by fermenting sugared tea using a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts. Kombucha consumption has been associated with some health effects such as: the reduction of cholesterol levels and blood pressure, reduction of cancer propagation, the improvement of liver, the im...
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| author | Jessica Martínez Leal Lucía Valenzuela Suárez Rasu Jayabalan Joselina Huerta Oros Anayansi Escalante-Aburto |
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| description | Kombucha is a beverage made by fermenting sugared tea using a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts. Kombucha consumption has been associated with some health effects such as: the reduction of cholesterol levels and blood pressure, reduction of cancer propagation, the improvement of liver, the immune system, and gastrointestinal functions. The beneficial effects of kombucha are attributed to the presence of bioactive compounds that act synergistically. Bacteria contained in kombucha beverage belongs to the genus Acetobacter, Gluconobacter, and the yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces along with glucuronic acid, contribute to health protection. This review focuses on recent findings regarding beneficial effects of kombucha and discusses its chemical compounds, as well as the metabolites resulted by the fermentation process. Besides, some contraindications of kombucha consumption are also reviewed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23bc3b2b176e49098f43cde9964f4df82022-12-21T18:32:50ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCyTA - Journal of Food1947-63371947-63452018-01-0116139039910.1080/19476337.2017.14104991410499A review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolitesJessica Martínez Leal0Lucía Valenzuela Suárez1Rasu Jayabalan2Joselina Huerta Oros3Anayansi Escalante-Aburto4University of MonterreyUniversity of MonterreyNational Institute of TechnologyUniversity of MonterreyUniversity of MonterreyKombucha is a beverage made by fermenting sugared tea using a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts. Kombucha consumption has been associated with some health effects such as: the reduction of cholesterol levels and blood pressure, reduction of cancer propagation, the improvement of liver, the immune system, and gastrointestinal functions. The beneficial effects of kombucha are attributed to the presence of bioactive compounds that act synergistically. Bacteria contained in kombucha beverage belongs to the genus Acetobacter, Gluconobacter, and the yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces along with glucuronic acid, contribute to health protection. This review focuses on recent findings regarding beneficial effects of kombucha and discusses its chemical compounds, as well as the metabolites resulted by the fermentation process. Besides, some contraindications of kombucha consumption are also reviewed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19476337.2017.1410499Kombuchaglucuronic acidantioxidant activityscoby |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Martínez Leal Lucía Valenzuela Suárez Rasu Jayabalan Joselina Huerta Oros Anayansi Escalante-Aburto A review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolites CyTA - Journal of Food Kombucha glucuronic acid antioxidant activity scoby |
| title | A review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolites |
| title_full | A review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolites |
| title_fullStr | A review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolites |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolites |
| title_short | A review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolites |
| title_sort | review on health benefits of kombucha nutritional compounds and metabolites |
| topic | Kombucha glucuronic acid antioxidant activity scoby |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19476337.2017.1410499 |
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