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Polifenoles: Distribución, Extracción, Bioactividad, Biotransformación y Aplicación
Rong-Rui Wei1, Qin-Ge Ma1, Wen-Min Liu2
1College of Medicine and Health Science ＆ School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China.
Combinatorial chemistry & high throughput screening
|January 22, 2026
Resumen
Los polifenoles, compuestos vegetales con diversos beneficios para la salud como efectos antioxidantes y anticancerígenos, se encuentran ampliamente y se utilizan en diversas industrias. Esta revisión resume su extracción, bioactividad y aplicaciones, promoviendo una mayor investigación.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Bioquímica vegetal e investigación de productos naturales.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los polifenoles son metabolitos derivados de plantas con importantes propiedades bioactivas.
- Son abundantes en diversos tejidos vegetales y tienen un considerable potencial de investigación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Revisar exhaustivamente la distribución, extracción, bioactividad, biotransformación y aplicaciones de los polifenoles.
- Promover la utilización eficiente de los polifenoles e inspirar futuras direcciones de investigación.
Principales métodos:
- Revisión sistemática de la literatura de 157 referencias.
- Recopilación de datos de las principales bases de datos científicas (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, etc.).
Principales resultados:
- Los polifenoles exhiben una amplia gama de bioactividades, incluidos efectos antioxidantes, antibacterianos, anticancerígenos, antiinflamatorios, hipoglucemiantes y antiobesidad.
- Tienen diversas aplicaciones en los campos industrial, alimentario y medicinal.
- Se analizaron las biotransformaciones de varias subclases de polifenoles (por ejemplo, antocianidinas, flavonoles, taninos).
Conclusiones:
- Esta revisión proporciona un resumen exhaustivo del conocimiento sobre los polifenoles, que abarca sus fuentes, extracción, funciones y usos.
- Los hallazgos tienen como objetivo mejorar la aplicación práctica de los polifenoles y estimular nuevas vías de investigación.
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