Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and Pharmacology
Actinidia chinensis Planch. (A. chinensis), commonly known as Chinese kiwifruit, is a China native fruit, which becomes increasingly popular due to attractive economic, nutritional, and health benefits properties. The whole plant including fruits, leaves, vines, and roots of A. chinensis are used ma...
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| description | Actinidia chinensis Planch. (A. chinensis), commonly known as Chinese kiwifruit, is a China native fruit, which becomes increasingly popular due to attractive economic, nutritional, and health benefits properties. The whole plant including fruits, leaves, vines, and roots of A. chinensis are used mainly as food or additive in food products and as folk medicine in China. It is a good source of triterpenoids, polyphenols, vitamin C, carbohydrate, amino acid, and minerals. These constituents render the A. chinensis with a wide range of pharmacological properties including antitumor, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunoregulatory, hypolipemic, antidiabetic, and cardiovascular protective activities, suggesting that it may possibly be value in the prevention and treatment of pathologies associated to cancer, oxidative stress, and aging. This minireview provides a brief knowledge about the recent advances in chemistry, biological activities, utilization, and storage of Chinese kiwifruit. Future research directions on how to better use of this crop are suggested. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f69b7b38487b42d28b9421b4b20508922022-12-21T22:37:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pharmacology1663-98122019-10-011010.3389/fphar.2019.01236465131Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and PharmacologyXirui He0Jiacheng Fang1Xufei Chen2Zefeng Zhao3Yongsheng Li4Yibing Meng5Linhong Huang6Department of Bioengineering, Zhuhai Campus Zunyi Medical University, Zhuhai, ChinaThe College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaThe College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaThe College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an, ChinaHonghui Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaHonghui Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaHonghui Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, ChinaActinidia chinensis Planch. (A. chinensis), commonly known as Chinese kiwifruit, is a China native fruit, which becomes increasingly popular due to attractive economic, nutritional, and health benefits properties. The whole plant including fruits, leaves, vines, and roots of A. chinensis are used mainly as food or additive in food products and as folk medicine in China. It is a good source of triterpenoids, polyphenols, vitamin C, carbohydrate, amino acid, and minerals. These constituents render the A. chinensis with a wide range of pharmacological properties including antitumor, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunoregulatory, hypolipemic, antidiabetic, and cardiovascular protective activities, suggesting that it may possibly be value in the prevention and treatment of pathologies associated to cancer, oxidative stress, and aging. This minireview provides a brief knowledge about the recent advances in chemistry, biological activities, utilization, and storage of Chinese kiwifruit. Future research directions on how to better use of this crop are suggested.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2019.01236/fullActinidia chinensisnutritional compositionchemistrypharmacological propertiesantitumorantioxidant |
| spellingShingle | Xirui He Jiacheng Fang Xufei Chen Zefeng Zhao Yongsheng Li Yibing Meng Linhong Huang Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and Pharmacology Frontiers in Pharmacology Actinidia chinensis nutritional composition chemistry pharmacological properties antitumor antioxidant |
| title | Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and Pharmacology |
| title_full | Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and Pharmacology |
| title_fullStr | Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and Pharmacology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and Pharmacology |
| title_short | Actinidia chinensis Planch.: A Review of Chemistry and Pharmacology |
| title_sort | actinidia chinensis planch a review of chemistry and pharmacology |
| topic | Actinidia chinensis nutritional composition chemistry pharmacological properties antitumor antioxidant |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphar.2019.01236/full |
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