TY - JOUR
T1 - Anti-inflammatory activity of betalains: A comprehensive review
T2 - A comprehensive review
AU - Moreno-Ley, Cristina Montserrat
AU - Osorio-Revilla, Guillermo
AU - Hernández-Martínez, Diana Maylet
AU - Ramos-Monroy, Oswaldo Arturo
AU - Gallardo-Velázquez, Tzayhrí
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog?a (CONACyT, Mexico) (grant: 702,208) and the Instituto Polit?cnico Nacional through its Secretar?a de Investigaci?n y Posgrado (SIP-IPN, Mexico) (project: 20,201,598).
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT, Mexico) (grant: 702,208) and the Instituto Politécnico Nacional through its Secretaría de Investigación y Posgrado (SIP- IPN , Mexico) (project: 20,201,598).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Betalains are nitrogen-based natural pigments present in some species of Caryophyllales plants and some higher-order fungi. Betalains are divided into betacyanins (red-colored) and betaxanthins (yellow-colored). It is well known that betalains have beneficial health properties and provide high antioxidant scavenging, anticancer and chemopreventive potential. These properties open a field that has recently gained attention: anti-inflammatory research. Experiments in vitro and in vivo and clinical trials have demonstrated the high potential of betalains as natural anti-inflammatory agents, concluding that betalains have strong health-promoting potential and can be used as an adjunctive therapy. Although red beetroot is the main source of betalains, other sources should be studied, such as cactus plants. This paper summarizes the current research on the anti-inflammatory properties of betalains. The accumulated evidence suggests that it is necessary to study the anti-inflammatory activity of betalains in depth.
AB - Betalains are nitrogen-based natural pigments present in some species of Caryophyllales plants and some higher-order fungi. Betalains are divided into betacyanins (red-colored) and betaxanthins (yellow-colored). It is well known that betalains have beneficial health properties and provide high antioxidant scavenging, anticancer and chemopreventive potential. These properties open a field that has recently gained attention: anti-inflammatory research. Experiments in vitro and in vivo and clinical trials have demonstrated the high potential of betalains as natural anti-inflammatory agents, concluding that betalains have strong health-promoting potential and can be used as an adjunctive therapy. Although red beetroot is the main source of betalains, other sources should be studied, such as cactus plants. This paper summarizes the current research on the anti-inflammatory properties of betalains. The accumulated evidence suggests that it is necessary to study the anti-inflammatory activity of betalains in depth.
KW - Adjunctive therapy
KW - Anti-inflammatory properties
KW - Betalains
KW - Inflammation
KW - Review
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hnm.2021.200126
DO - 10.1016/j.hnm.2021.200126
M3 - Carta
AN - SCOPUS:85109524074
SN - 2666-1497
VL - 25
JO - Human Nutrition and Metabolism
JF - Human Nutrition and Metabolism
M1 - 200126
ER -