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标题：Litchi chinensis as a Functional Food and a Source of Antitumor Compounds: An Overview and a Description of Biochemical Pathways
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作者：Sonia Emanuele ; Marianna Lauricella ; Giuseppe Calvaruso 等
期刊名称：Nutrients
电子版ISSN：2072-6643
出版年度：2017
卷号：9
期号：9
页码：992
DOI：10.3390/nu9090992
语种：English
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Litchi is a tasty fruit that is commercially grown for food consumption and nutritional benefits in various parts of the world. Due to its biological activities, the fruit is becoming increasingly known and deserves attention not only for its edible part, the pulp, but also for its peel and seed that contain beneficial substances with antioxidant, cancer preventive, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory functions. Although literature demonstrates the biological activity of Litchi components in reducing tumor cell viability in in vitro or in vivo models, data about the biochemical mechanisms responsible for these effects are quite fragmentary. This review specifically describes, in a comprehensive analysis, the antitumor properties of the different parts of Litchi and highlights the main biochemical mechanisms involved.
关键词：Litchi chinensis fruit extracts; nutraceutical properties; antitumor activity Litchi chinensis fruit extracts ; nutraceutical properties ; antitumor activity