Recent advances in the extraction, purification, and antioxidant activities of fruit polysaccharides: A review

Abstract

Oxidative stress is widely acknowledged as a key contributor to a wide range of human illness. Although certain aspects of signaling pathways are being studied, comprehensive metabolic pathways for illness have been identified. Antioxidant treatment may have a significant potential to treat different kinds of illnesses. Fruit polysaccharides include potential antioxidant components for human wellbeing that have a long tradition in alternative as well as complementary medicines. These are widely accessible from the plant resources and have no adverse effects when consumed. The result of recent researches has already been shown that different fruit polysaccharides possess important biological features, such as antioxidation, anti-inflammation, and an increase of cell proliferation, immunological modulation, anticancer activity and so on. In the current paper, extraction methodologies of various polysaccharides from fruits, purification of the extracted fruit polysaccharides and their potential antioxidant activities have been reviewed in depth. In conclusion, the current review reveals that these bioactive fruit polysaccharides may have potential in medicinal and industrial applications.

Keywords

• Fruit polysaccharides
• Polysaccharides
• Oxidative stress
• Antioxidant
• Biomedicine