Anantachoke Natthinee, Duangrat Ratchanee, Sutthiphatkul Tanyarat, Ochaikul Duangjai, Mangmool Supachoke
Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
Foods. 2023 Apr 27;12(9):1818. doi: 10.3390/foods12091818.
Kombucha is a traditional health beverage produced by fermenting sweetened tea with a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts. Consumption of kombucha beverages has been growing and there is kombucha commercially available worldwide as one of the most famous low-alcohol beverages. Kombucha beverages have been claimed to have beneficial effects on human health because they contain a variety of bioactive compounds that possess various functional properties. At present, several kinds of raw material (e.g., milk, fruit, vegetables, and herbs) have been fermented with kombucha consortium and consumed as kombucha beverages. Although several studies have been written regarding the biological activities of kombucha and raw materials, there is however little information available on the characterization of their components as well as the biological activities of fermented kombucha from many raw material mixtures. Several pharmacological activities were reviewed in the scientific literature, describing their potential implications for human health. In addition, the adverse effects and toxicity of kombucha consumption were also reviewed. In this study, we focused on the main and latest studies of the pharmacological effects of kombucha beverages produced from various kinds of raw materials, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, antimicrobial, anticancer, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, and antihyperlipidemic effects in in vitro and in vivo studies.
康普茶是一种传统的健康饮品，它通过用细菌和酵母的共生培养物发酵加糖茶来生产。康普茶饮品的消费量一直在增长，并且作为最著名的低酒精饮品之一，康普茶在全球范围内都有商业销售。康普茶饮品被认为对人体健康有益，因为它们含有多种具有各种功能特性的生物活性化合物。目前，几种原料（如牛奶、水果、蔬菜和草药）已用康普茶菌群发酵，并作为康普茶饮品饮用。尽管已经有几项关于康普茶和原料生物活性的研究，但关于它们成分的表征以及来自多种原料混合物的发酵康普茶的生物活性的信息却很少。科学文献中对几种药理活性进行了综述，描述了它们对人体健康的潜在影响。此外，还综述了饮用康普茶的不良反应和毒性。在本研究中，我们重点关注了由各种原料制成的康普茶饮品药理作用的主要和最新研究，包括体外和体内研究中的抗氧化、抗炎、免疫调节、抗菌、抗癌、抗糖尿病、抗高血压和抗高血脂作用。
