Major Phytochemicals: Recent Advances in Health Benefits and Extraction Method

Ashwani Kumar; Nirmal P; Mukul Kumar; Anina Jose; Vidisha Tomer; Emel Oz; Charalampos Proestos; Maomao Zeng; Tahra Elobeid; Sneha K; Fatih Oz

doi:10.3390/molecules28020887

Major Phytochemicals: Recent Advances in Health Benefits and Extraction Method

Molecules. 2023 Jan 16;28(2):887. doi: 10.3390/molecules28020887.

Authors

Ashwani Kumar¹, Nirmal P², Mukul Kumar², Anina Jose², Vidisha Tomer³, Emel Oz⁴, Charalampos Proestos⁵, Maomao Zeng^{6

7}, Tahra Elobeid⁸, Sneha K², Fatih Oz⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Postharvest Technology, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi 284003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
² Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India.
³ VIT School of Agricultural Innovations and Advanced Learning, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁴ Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum 25240, Turkey.
⁵ Food Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Zographou, 157 84 Athens, Greece.
⁶ State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
⁷ International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
⁸ Human Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.

Abstract

Recent scientific studies have established a relationship between the consumption of phytochemicals such as carotenoids, polyphenols, isoprenoids, phytosterols, saponins, dietary fibers, polysaccharides, etc., with health benefits such as prevention of diabetes, obesity, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, etc. This has led to the popularization of phytochemicals. Nowadays, foods containing phytochemicals as a constituent (functional foods) and the concentrated form of phytochemicals (nutraceuticals) are used as a preventive measure or cure for many diseases. The health benefits of these phytochemicals depend on their purity and structural stability. The yield, purity, and structural stability of extracted phytochemicals depend on the matrix in which the phytochemical is present, the method of extraction, the solvent used, the temperature, and the time of extraction.

Keywords: bioactive compounds; extraction methods; phytochemicals; solvents.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antioxidants / therapeutic use
Dietary Supplements
Phytochemicals* / chemistry
Phytochemicals* / therapeutic use
Phytosterols*
Polyphenols / chemistry
Polyphenols / therapeutic use

Substances

Phytochemicals
Polyphenols
Antioxidants
Phytosterols

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH–CREATE-INNOVATE (project code: T1EDK-3816). The open access charge of this article was funded by the Open Access Fund (TAD-2022-11816) of Atatürk University, Türkiye. These financial supports are gratefully acknowledged.