Recent Advances on Active Components and Functional Properties of Chinese Yam
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Yam as a medicinal and edible resource plant, is abundant in bioactive compounds including polysaccharides, polyphenols, allantoin, and saponins, these constituents endow yam with diverse functional properties, such as antioxidant, anti-diabetic, anti-tumor, immunomodulatory and alleviating enteritis effects. The extraction methods, functional properties, and the primary mechanisms through which these compounds exert their effects in different varieties of yams from various regions are reviewed, and the future research priorities are proposed to offer valuable insights for the advanced processing of yams and to inform further investigations into their functional characteristics.
Authors: Qi GUO, Baodang GUO, Yan MA, Lingxia SUN, Lianjun SONG, Xianqing HUANG, Geng'an DU
Institutions: Henan Agricultural University, Henan University of Technology
Language: English
Topic: Medicinal Plant Research
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7084075172
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