Research on Phytoalexins and its application prospect as a food functional component

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Abstract

Abstract: Phytoalexins are antimicrobial compounds of low molecular weight that are synthesized and accumulated in plants after exposure to microorganisms. Recent studies have revealed that phytoalexins carry a variety of nutrition and have numerous biological functions including antioxidant activity, anti-inflammation activity and anti-cancer activity. Thus phytoalexins as a crucial secondary metabolite, have a great potential to be applied in the fields of functional food and dietary supplement. This paper was an overall study on the variety, beneficial property, elicitation and accumulation of phytoalexins in plants, which provided an evidence and a guideline for the selectivity of phytoalexins for food functional component.

Key words: phytoalexin, secondary metabolites, biological function, functional component

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GONG Ling-xiao, Ni Qin-xue, ZHANG Ying. Research on Phytoalexins and its application prospect as a food functional component[J]. NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 2012, 23(3): 421-425.

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