The bioactive components as well as the nutritional and health effects of sea buckthorn
Ruru Ren, Nan Li, Chao Su, Yingli Wang, Xiaojun Zhao, Lingling Yang, Yanting Li, Bo Zhang, Jianyu Chen, Xueqin Ma
Abstract
experiments, ranged from cell lines to animals as well as a few in patients and healthy volunteers, indicated that SB possessed various biological activities including anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects, antioxidant properties, anti-cancer activities, hepato-protection, cardiovascular-protection, neuroprotection, radioprotection, skin protection effect as well as the protective effect against some eye and gastrointestinal sickness. Furthermore, the toxicological results revealed neither the fruits, nor the seeds of SB were toxic. The present review summarizes the unique profile of the chemical compounds, the nutritional and health effects as well as the toxicological properties of SB, which lay the foundation for practical applications of SB in treatment of human diseases.