Medicinal Plants and Economic Development (MPED) Research Centre, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Alice 5700, South Africa.
Molecules. 2020 Oct 30;25(21):5036. doi: 10.3390/molecules25215036.
Nutritional quality and the well-being of the body system are directly linked aspects of human survival. From the unborn foetus to adulthood, the need for sustainable access to micronutrient-rich foods is pertinent and the global consumption of banana and plantain fruits, in effect, contributes to the alleviation of the scourge of malnutrition. This review is particularly aimed at evaluating the pharmacological dimensions through the biological mechanisms of fruits in the body, which represent correlations with their constituent micronutrient factors and dietary polyphenolic constituents such as minerals, vitamin members, anthocyanins, lutein, α-,β- carotenes, neoxanthins and cryptoxanthins, epi- and gallo catechins, catecholamines, 3-carboxycoumarin, β-sitosterol, monoterpenoids, with series of analytical approaches for the various identified compounds being highlighted therein. Derivative value-products from the compartments (flesh and peel) of fruits are equally highlighted, bringing forth the biomedicinal and nutritional relevance, including the potentials of species in dietary diversification approaches.
营养质量和身体系统的健康是人类生存的直接相关方面。从胎儿到成年，可持续获得富含微量营养素的食物是至关重要的，而香蕉和大蕉水果的全球消费实际上有助于缓解营养不良的祸害。本综述特别旨在通过水果在体内的生物学机制评估其药理层面，这些机制与它们的组成微量营养素因素和膳食多酚成分（如矿物质、维生素成员、花青素、叶黄素、α-、β-胡萝卜素、新黄质和隐黄质、表儿茶素和没食子儿茶素、儿茶酚胺、3-羧基香豆素、β-谷甾醇、单萜类化合物）相关联，其中突出了对各种鉴定化合物的系列分析方法。水果的各个部分（果肉和果皮）的衍生价值产品也同样突出，带来了生物医学和营养相关性，包括物种在饮食多样化方法中的潜力。
