TY - JOUR
T1 - Berberis plants-drifting from farm to food applications, phytotherapy, and phytopharmacology
AU - Salehi, Bahare
AU - Selamoglu, Zeliha
AU - Sener, Bilge
AU - Kilic, Mehtap
AU - Jugran, Arun Kumar
AU - De Tommasi, Nunziatina
AU - Sinisgalli, Chiara
AU - Milella, Luigi
AU - Rajkovic, Jovana
AU - Morais-Braga, Maria Flaviana B.
AU - Bezerra, Camila F.
AU - Rocha, Janaína E.
AU - Coutinho, Henrique D.M.
AU - Ademiluyi, Adedayo Oluwaseun
AU - Shinwari, Zabta Khan
AU - Jan, Sohail Ahmad
AU - Erol, Ebru
AU - Ali, Zulfiqar
AU - Ostrander, Elise Adrian
AU - Sharifi-Rad, Javad
AU - Cádiz-Gurrea, María de la Luz
AU - Taheri, Yasaman
AU - Martorell, Miquel
AU - Segura-Carretero, Antonio
AU - Cho, William C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The genus Berberis includes about 500 different species and commonly grown in Europe, the United States, South Asia, and some northern areas of Iran and Pakistan. Leaves and fruits can be prepared as food flavorings, juices, and teas. Phytochemical analysis of these species has reported alkaloids, tannins, phenolic compounds and oleanolic acid, among others. Moreover, p-cymene, limonene and ocimene as major compounds in essential oils were found by gas chromatography. Berberis is an important group of the plants having enormous potential in the food and pharmaceutical industry, since they possess several properties, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer activities. Here we would like to review the biological properties of the phytoconstituents of this genus. We emphasize the cultivation control in order to obtain the main bioactive compounds, the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in order to apply them for food preservation and for treating several diseases, such as cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer. However, further study is needed to confirm the biological efficacy as well as, the toxicity.
AB - The genus Berberis includes about 500 different species and commonly grown in Europe, the United States, South Asia, and some northern areas of Iran and Pakistan. Leaves and fruits can be prepared as food flavorings, juices, and teas. Phytochemical analysis of these species has reported alkaloids, tannins, phenolic compounds and oleanolic acid, among others. Moreover, p-cymene, limonene and ocimene as major compounds in essential oils were found by gas chromatography. Berberis is an important group of the plants having enormous potential in the food and pharmaceutical industry, since they possess several properties, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer activities. Here we would like to review the biological properties of the phytoconstituents of this genus. We emphasize the cultivation control in order to obtain the main bioactive compounds, the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in order to apply them for food preservation and for treating several diseases, such as cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer. However, further study is needed to confirm the biological efficacy as well as, the toxicity.
KW - Alkaloid
KW - Antioxidant
KW - Berberis
KW - Food preservative
KW - Human health
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85074114867
U2 - 10.3390/foods8100522
DO - 10.3390/foods8100522
M3 - Artículo de revisión
AN - SCOPUS:85074114867
SN - 2304-8158
VL - 8
JO - Foods
JF - Foods
IS - 10
M1 - 522
ER -
