Mulberries: A Promising Fruit for Phytochemicals, Nutraceuticals, and Biological Activities
Venkatesh Kumar R, Devika Srivastava, Prashant Singh, Umesh Kumar, Dinesh Kumar, Sunil Babu Gosipatala, Sudipta Saha, Dhiraj Kumar, Ritu Raj
Abstract
The review highlights the significance of mulberry fruits in both chemical and biological sagacity and their role as antioxidant, anticancer, antidiabetic, hepatoprotective, neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, antiobesity, hypolipidemic, and antibacterial. Besides, having phytochemicals induced biological pathways and nutritional value. Although a number of mulberry fruits species available in nature, the review elucidates the specific role of Morus alba, Morus nigra, Morus rubra, whose functions in living systems are poorly implicit. Many Pharmacological properties of mulberry fruits which are discovered in the recent past for therapeutic purposes also highlighted. Further, ethnopharmacological relevance, medicinal aspects, and bioavailability of mulberry fruits are discussed in detail.