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| Title |
Citrus fruits as a treasure trove of active natural metabolites that potentially provide benefits for human health
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| Published in |
BMC Chemistry, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13065-015-0145-9 |
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| Authors |
Xinmiao Lv, Siyu Zhao, Zhangchi Ning, Honglian Zeng, Yisong Shu, Ou Tao, Cheng Xiao, Cheng Lu, Yuanyan Liu |
| Abstract |
Citrus fruits, which are cultivated worldwide, have been recognized as some of the most high-consumption fruits in terms of energy, nutrients and health supplements. What is more, a number of these fruits have been used as traditional medicinal herbs to cure diseases in several Asian countries. Numerous studies have focused on Citrus secondary metabolites as well as bioactivities and have been intended to develop new chemotherapeutic or complementary medicine in recent decades. Citrus-derived secondary metabolites, including flavonoids, alkaloids, limonoids, coumarins, carotenoids, phenolic acids and essential oils, are of vital importance to human health due to their active properties. These characteristics include anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, as well as cardiovascular protective effects, neuroprotective effects, etc. This review summarizes the global distribution and taxonomy, numerous secondary metabolites and bioactivities of Citrus fruits to provide a reference for further study. Flavonoids as characteristic bioactive metabolites in Citrus fruits are mainly introduced. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 27 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 6 | 22% |
| Canada | 2 | 7% |
| Italy | 2 | 7% |
| Australia | 2 | 7% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 4% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 11 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 85% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 11% |
| Scientists | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 497 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Honduras | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 491 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 87 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 46 | 9% |
| Researcher | 37 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 17 | 3% |
| Other | 65 | 13% |
| Unknown | 208 | 42% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 60 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 42 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 39 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 5% |
| Other | 72 | 14% |
| Unknown | 230 | 46% |