TY - JOUR
T1 - Murta (Ugni molinae Turcz.)
T2 - A review on chemical composition, functional components and biological activities of leaves and fruits
AU - López, Jéssica
AU - Vega-Gálvez, Antonio
AU - Rodríguez, Angela
AU - Uribe, Elsa
AU - Bilbao-Sainz, Cristina
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the research office of the University of La Serena (DIULS) and FONDECYT (1140075) for the support provided.
PY - 2018/1/1
Y1 - 2018/1/1
N2 - Murta (Ugni molinae Turcz.) is a native species from central and southern Chile. There is an increasing interest in the plant due to its high content of essential nutrients and beneficial phytochemicals to human health. In fact, the berries contain a wide variety of anthocyanins, which are the main antioxidant compounds. There are some studies on the phytochemical composition and biological activities of murta fruit, but human intervention studies using whole fruits are still lacking. This manuscript reviews the nutritional and phytochemical composition of murta berries and leaves. However, more scientific background is needed to validate the properties of this species so as to gain complete knowledge of the whole shrub in order to develop functional foods and nutraceuticals.
AB - Murta (Ugni molinae Turcz.) is a native species from central and southern Chile. There is an increasing interest in the plant due to its high content of essential nutrients and beneficial phytochemicals to human health. In fact, the berries contain a wide variety of anthocyanins, which are the main antioxidant compounds. There are some studies on the phytochemical composition and biological activities of murta fruit, but human intervention studies using whole fruits are still lacking. This manuscript reviews the nutritional and phytochemical composition of murta berries and leaves. However, more scientific background is needed to validate the properties of this species so as to gain complete knowledge of the whole shrub in order to develop functional foods and nutraceuticals.
KW - Anthocyanins
KW - Antibacterial activity
KW - Antioxidant activity
KW - Leaves
KW - Murta berry
KW - Phenolic compounds
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85051441839&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4067/s0719-38902018005000205
DO - 10.4067/s0719-38902018005000205
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85051441839
SN - 0719-3882
VL - 34
JO - Chilean Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences
JF - Chilean Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences
IS - 1
ER -
