title: Therapeutic Role of Functional Components in Alliums for Preventive Chronic Disease in Human Being.
abstract: Objectives. Functional components in alliums have long been maintained to play a key role in modifying the major risk factors for chronic disease. To obtain a better understanding of alliums for chronic disease prevention, we conducted a systematic review for risk factors and prevention strategies for chronic disease of functional components in alliums, based on a comprehensive English literature search that was conducted using various electronic search databases, especially the PubMed, ISI Web of Science, and CNKI for the period 2007-2016.Alliumgenus especially garlic, onion, and Chinese chive is rich in organosulfur compounds, quercetin, flavonoids, saponins, and others, which have anticancer, preventive cardiovascular and heart diseases, anti-inflammation, antiobesity, antidiabetes, antioxidants, antimicrobial activity, neuroprotective and immunological effects, and so on. These results supportAlliumgenus; garlic and onion especially may be the promising dietotherapeutic vegetables and organopolysulfides as well as quercetin mechanism in the treatment of chronic diseases. This review may be used as scientific basis for the development of functional food, nutraceuticals, and alternative drugs to improve the chronic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Biotechnology Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650205, China.
authors.forename: Yawen
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7616-9177
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.affiliation: Yuxi Agriculture Vocation-Technical College, Yunnan, Yuxi 653106, China.
authors.forename: Yuping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Biotechnology Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650205, China; Kunming Tiankang Science & Technology Limited Company, Yunnan, Kunming 650231, China.
authors.forename: Jiazhen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Biotechnology Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650205, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoying
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Biotechnology Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650205, China.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Biotechnology Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650205, China.
authors.forename: Xiaomeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Biotechnology Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650205, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology and Genetic Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Agricultural Biotechnology Key Laboratory of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650205, China.
authors.forename: Shuming
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang