Issue 73, 2020

The bioactive components as well as the nutritional and health effects of sea buckthorn

Abstract

Sea buckthorn (SB), also named sea berry, Hippophae rhamnoides L. or Elaeagnus rhamnoides L., has been used in daily life for centuries with kinds of purposes ranging from a beverage with a pleasant taste and flavor, to an agent for treatment of many disorders and diseases. SB is well known more than just a fruit. So far, a unique mixture of bioactive components was elucidated in SB including flavonoids, phenolic acids, proanthocyanidins, carotenoids, fatty acids, triterpenoids, vitamins and phytosterols, which implied the great medicinal worth of this seaberry. Both in vitro and in vivo experiments, ranged from cell lines to animals as well as a few in patients and healthy volunteers, indicated that SB possessed various biological activities including anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects, antioxidant properties, anti-cancer activities, hepato-protection, cardiovascular-protection, neuroprotection, radioprotection, skin protection effect as well as the protective effect against some eye and gastrointestinal sickness. Furthermore, the toxicological results revealed neither the fruits, nor the seeds of SB were toxic. The present review summarizes the unique profile of the chemical compounds, the nutritional and health effects as well as the toxicological properties of SB, which lay the foundation for practical applications of SB in treatment of human diseases.

Graphical abstract: The bioactive components as well as the nutritional and health effects of sea buckthorn

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Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
26 7月 2020
Accepted
24 11月 2020
First published
17 12月 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2020,10, 44654-44671

The bioactive components as well as the nutritional and health effects of sea buckthorn

R. Ren, N. Li, C. Su, Y. Wang, X. Zhao, L. Yang, Y. Li, B. Zhang, J. Chen and X. Ma, RSC Adv., 2020, 10, 44654 DOI: 10.1039/D0RA06488B

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