title: Bioactivities and Health Benefits of Wild Fruits.
abstract: Wild fruits are exotic or underutilized. Wild fruits contain many bioactive compounds, such as anthocyanins and flavonoids. Many studies have shown that wild fruits possess various bioactivities and health benefits, such as free radical scavenging, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and anticancer activity. Therefore, wild fruits have the potential to be developed into functional foods or pharmaceuticals to prevent and treat several chronic diseases. In the present article, we review current knowledge about the bioactivities and health benefits of wild fruits, which is valuable for the exploitation and utilization of wild fruits.
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. liya28@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. zhangjj46@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jiao-Jiao
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. xudp@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Dong-Ping
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. zhout43@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Tong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. zhouyue3@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. u3003781@connect.hku.hk.
authors.forename: Sha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Food, Nutrition and Health, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China. lihuabin@mail.sysu.edu.cn.|South China Sea Bioresource Exploitation and Utilization Collaborative Innovation Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. lihuabin@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hua-Bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000872:Anthocyanins / Q000032:analysis*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000032:analysis; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000032:analysis; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000032:analysis; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000032:analysis; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis*; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000032:analysis; D000072001:Diet, Healthy; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D064209:Phytochemicals / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000872:Anthocyanins; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D005419:Flavonoids; D064209:Phytochemicals
keywords: anti-inflammatory; anticancer; antioxidant; bioactivity; wild fruit