Milton-Laskibar Iñaki, Martínez J Alfredo, Portillo María P
Precision Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Health Program, IMDEA-Food Institute (Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies), Campus of International Excellence (CEI) UAM + CSIC, Spanish National Research Council, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
CIBERobn Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition, Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
Foods. 2021 Jun 7;10(6):1314. doi: 10.3390/foods10061314.
An increase in the prevalence of noncommunicable chronic diseases has been occurring in recent decades. Among the deaths resulting from these conditions, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) stand out as the main contributors. In this regard, dietary patterns featuring a high content of vegetables and fruits, such as the Mediterranean and the DASH diets, are considered beneficial, and thus have been extensively studied. This has resulted in growing interest in vegetable-derived ingredients and food-supplements that may have potential therapeutic properties. Among these supplements, beetroot juice, which is obtained from the root vegetable has gained much attention. Although a significant part of the interest in beetroot juice is due to its nitrate (NO) content, which has demonstrated bioactivity in the cardiovascular system, other ingredients with potential beneficial properties such as polyphenols, pigments and organic acids are also present. In this context, the aim of this review article is to analyze the current knowledge regarding the benefits related to the consumption of beetroot and derived food-supplements. Therefore, this article focuses on nitrate and betalains, which are considered to be the major bioactive compounds present in beetroot, and thus in the derived dietary supplements.
近几十年来，非传染性慢性病的患病率一直在上升。在这些疾病导致的死亡中，心血管疾病（CVD）是主要原因。在这方面，以高含量蔬菜和水果为特点的饮食模式，如地中海饮食和得舒饮食，被认为是有益的，因此受到了广泛研究。这导致人们对可能具有潜在治疗特性的蔬菜衍生成分和食品补充剂的兴趣日益增加。在这些补充剂中，从根茎类蔬菜中提取的甜菜根汁备受关注。尽管人们对甜菜根汁的兴趣很大程度上源于其硝酸盐（NO）含量，该含量已在心血管系统中显示出生物活性，但其中还存在其他具有潜在有益特性的成分，如多酚、色素和有机酸。在此背景下，这篇综述文章的目的是分析目前关于食用甜菜根及其衍生食品补充剂的益处的知识。因此，本文重点关注硝酸盐和甜菜红素，它们被认为是甜菜根以及由此衍生的膳食补充剂中存在的主要生物活性化合物。
