Major Phytochemicals: Recent Advances in Health Benefits and Extraction Method
Ashwani Kumar
1Department of Postharvest Technology, College of Agriculture
and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agronomic University, Jhansi 284003,
Uttar Pradesh, India
Nirmal P
2Department of Food Technology and Sustenance, Lovely
Professional University, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India
Mukul Kumar
2Department of Food Technology and Sustenance, Lovely
Professional University, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India
Anina Jose
2Department of Food Expertise and Nutrition, Lovely
Professional University, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India
Vidisha Tomer
3VIT School of Agricultural Innovations and Advanced
Learning, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
Emel Oz
4Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture,
Ataturk University, Erzurum 25240, Turkey
Charalampos Proestos
5Food Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry,
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Zographou, 157 eighty four
Athens, Greece
Maomao Zeng
6State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology,
Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
7International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan
University, Wuxi 214122, China
Tahra Elobeid
8Human Nutrition Department, College of Health Sciences, QU
Health, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
Sneha K
2Department of Food Technology and Sustenance, Lovely
Professional University, Phagwara 144411, Punjab, India
Fatih Oz
4Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture,
Ataturk University, Erzurum 25240, Turkey
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Abstract
Recent clinical research have hooked up a dating among the
intake of phytochemicals inclusive of carotenoids, polyphenols, isoprenoids,
phytosterols, saponins, nutritional fibers, polysaccharides, and so on., with
health advantages including prevention of diabetes, weight problems, cancer,
cardiovascular diseases, and so on. This has brought about the popularization
of phytochemicals. Nowadays, ingredients containing phytochemicals as a
constituent (purposeful meals) and the focused shape of phytochemicals
(nutraceuticals) are used as a safety measure or treatment for many illnesses.
The fitness benefits of those phytochemicals rely upon their purity and
structural balance. The yield, purity, and structural stability of extracted
phytochemicals depend on the matrix wherein the phytochemical is present, the
technique of extraction, the solvent used, the temperature, and the time of extraction.
1. Introduction
Phytochemicals are plant-primarily based bioactive compounds
produced by means of plant life for their safety. They may be derived from
various sources consisting of whole grains, end result, veggies, nuts, and
herbs, and greater than 1000 phytochemicals were located to this point. Some of
the good sized phytochemicals are carotenoids, polyphenols, isoprenoids,
phytosterols, saponins, nutritional fibers, and positive polysaccharides. These
phytochemicals possess strong antioxidant sports and exhibit antimicrobial,
antidiarrheal, anthelmintic, antiallergic, antispasmodic, and antiviral
activities [1,2]. They additionally help to regulate gene transcription,
decorate gap junction conversation, improve immunity, and provide safety in
opposition to lung and prostate cancers [3,4,5,6,7]. The current focus on
translational research has more advantageous the size of functional meals.
Phytochemicals, after extraction from numerous resources, discover profound
application in the development of useful meals and nutraceuticals.
Phytochemicals showcase versions in their affinity for solvents and tolerance
to warmness. The choice of the solvent also affects the fine of the recovered
phytochemical and its application within the improvement of meals and
nutraceutical products. The solvents can be divided into green solvents [water,
ethanol, glycerol, fatty acids/oils, acetic acid, ionic liquids, carbon dioxide
(CO2), deep eutectic solvents and natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES), etc.]
and different solvents inclusive of acetone, chloroform, butanol, methanol,
ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, benzene, hexane, cyclohexane, and so forth. .
Loss in useful houses can occur with using non-well suited solvents and sundry
publicity to one-of-a-kind temperatures. Additionally, extraction efficiency
relies upon upon the matrix in which the phytochemical is present. Several
matrix-related characteristics, together with matrix kind, shape, pre-remedy,
particle size, and solid–liquid ratios have an impact on the extraction
efficiencies of phytochemicals and extraction techniques . To make certain
pleasant products, phytochemicals should be extracted from the supply crop in a
way that retains their natural shape and properties. Hence, it's far vital to
pick a suitable method of phytochemical extraction. Some of the broadly used
traditional techniques are maceration, percolation, decoction, reflux
extraction, and Soxhlet extraction, and the novel strategies are pressurized
liquid extraction (PLE), excessive hydrostatic strain extraction (HHP),
microwave-assisted extraction (MAE), ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE),
pulsed electric area extraction (PEF), vibro-cavitation extraction, extraction
below vacuum-oscillating boiling situations, extractions in generators, extraction
in rotary-pulsation equipment (RPE), liquid gasoline extraction (LGS),
enzyme-assisted extraction (EAE), supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), and
natural deep eutectic solvent extraction (NADES) [8,10]. This article discusses
the suitability of phytochemical extraction techniques under special extraction
situations which includes substrate kind, sort of matrix, the solvent used,
extraction temperature, etc. This will assist researchers to pick the proper
approach of phytochemical extraction in an effort to assist them to expand
better pleasant purposeful ingredients and nutraceuticals with the very best
natural houses.