Sweet tea (Lithocarpus polystachyus rehd.) as a new natural source of bioactive dihydrochalcones with multiple health benefits

Sweet tea (Lithocarpus polystachyus Rehd.) has been consumed as herbal tea to prevent and manage diabetes for a long time. Recent studies indicate that sweet tea is rich in a variety of bioactive compounds, especially a class of nonclassical flavonoids, dihydrochalcones. In order to provide a better...

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Veröffentlicht in:Critical reviews in food science and nutrition Jg. 62; H. 4; S. 917 - 934
Hauptverfasser: Shang, Ao, Liu, Hong-Yan, Luo, Min, Xia, Yu, Yang, Xiao, Li, Hang-Yu, Wu, Ding-Tao, Sun, Quancai, Geng, Fang, Gan, Ren-You
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: United States Taylor & Francis 2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Schlagworte:
anticancer
Anticancer properties
antidiabetic
Antidiabetics
Antiinfectives and antibacterials
antioxidant
Antioxidants
Bioactive compounds
Biological activity
Blues music
Chalcones - pharmacology
Chronic illnesses
diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
dietary supplements
dihydrochalcone
Fagaceae
Flavonoids
food science
Functional foods & nutraceuticals
health benefits
Herbal tea
human health
Humans
Hypoglycemic Agents - pharmacology
Inflammation
Literature reviews
Lithocarpus
Lithocarpus polystachyus
Molecular modelling
Sweet tea
Sweeteners
Tea
antioxidant
antidiabetic
health benefits
Sweet tea
dihydrochalcone
anticancer
ISSN:1040-8398, 1549-7852, 1549-7852
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Zusammenfassung:Sweet tea (Lithocarpus polystachyus Rehd.) has been consumed as herbal tea to prevent and manage diabetes for a long time. Recent studies indicate that sweet tea is rich in a variety of bioactive compounds, especially a class of nonclassical flavonoids, dihydrochalcones. In order to provide a better understanding of sweet tea and its main dihydrochalcones on human health, this review mainly summarizes related literature in the recent ten years, with the potential molecular mechanisms emphatically discussed. Phlorizin, phloretin, and trilobatin, three natural sweeteners, are the main dihydrochalcones in sweet tea. In addition, sweet tea and its dihydrochalcones exhibit plenty of health benefits, such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, cardioprotective, hepatoprotective, antidiabetic, and anticancer effects, which are associated with the regulation of different molecular targets and signaling pathways. Therefore, sweet tea, as a rare natural source of dihydrochalcones, can be processed and developed into nutraceuticals or functional foods, with the potential application in the prevention and management of certain chronic diseases.
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ISSN:1040-8398
1549-7852
1549-7852
DOI:10.1080/10408398.2020.1830363