a Department of Nutrition and Dietetics , School of Health Sciences, International Medical University , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia.
b TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, Food Institute , Gebze-Kocaeli , Turkey.
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2019;59(10):1580-1604. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2017.1422111. Epub 2018 Jan 23.
The term "superfruit" has gained increasing usage and attention recently with the marketing strategy to promote the extraordinary health benefits of some exotic fruits, which may not have worldwide popularity. This has led to many studies with the identification and quantification of various groups of phytochemicals. This contribution discusses phytochemical compositions, antioxidant efficacies, and potential health benefits of the main superfruits such as açai, acerola, camu-camu, goji berry, jaboticaba, jambolão, maqui, noni, and pitanga. Novel product formulations, safety aspects, and future perspectives of these superfruits have also been covered. Research findings from the existing literature published within the last 10 years have been compiled and summarized. These superfruits having numerous phytochemicals (phenolic acids, flavonoids, proanthocyanidins, iridoids, coumarins, hydrolysable tannins, carotenoids, and anthocyanins) together with their corresponding antioxidant activities, have increasingly been utilized. Hence, these superfruits can be considered as a valuable source of functional foods due to the phytochemical compositions and their corresponding antioxidant activities. The phytochemicals from superfruits are bioaccessible and bioavailable in humans with promising health benefits. More well-designed human explorative studies are needed to validate the health benefits of these superfruits.
“超级水果”一词最近越来越流行，营销策略旨在推广一些外来水果的非凡健康益处，而这些水果可能在世界范围内并不受欢迎。这导致了许多研究对各种植物化学物质进行了鉴定和定量。本文讨论了主要超级水果（如巴西莓、针叶樱桃、卡姆果、枸杞、嘉宝果、黑樱桃、马尔贝克、诺丽果和芭乐）的植物化学成分、抗氧化功效和潜在健康益处。本文还涵盖了这些超级水果的新型产品配方、安全性方面和未来展望。对过去 10 年发表的现有文献的研究结果进行了编译和总结。这些超级水果含有多种植物化学物质（酚酸、类黄酮、原花青素、环烯醚萜、香豆素、可水解单宁、类胡萝卜素和花青素）以及相应的抗氧化活性，越来越多地被利用。因此，这些超级水果可以被认为是功能性食品的有价值来源，这是由于其植物化学成分和相应的抗氧化活性。超级水果中的植物化学物质在人类中是可生物利用的，具有良好的健康益处。需要更多设计良好的人体探索性研究来验证这些超级水果的健康益处。
