Review Article

Chemical Constituents of Functional Food <i>Amomum villosum</i> to Combat Human Diseases

Author(s):

Yawen Zeng*, Muhammad Kazim Ali, Wei He, Lin Deng, Xiaomeng Yang, Xia Li, Xiaoying Pu and Jiazhen Yang*   Pages 57 - 67 ( 11 )

Abstract:

Background: Amomum villosum is an important medicinal and edible plant owing to its valuable compositions of volatile and non-volatile compounds.

Objective: The study was conducted to reveal the chemical constituents and medicinal values of A. villosum against various diseases.

Methods: A critical and comprehensive data mining from 2004 to 2021 was performed based on CNKI, PubMed, and Google.

Results: 120 Compounds have been reported collectively in seeds, peels, and rhizomes of A. villosum, 10 compounds were common however the content of bornyl acetate was maximum in seeds and peels. Similarly, Amomi fructus of China and Vietnam showed 59 different types of volatile compounds while 13 were common, the round large black fruits (1.56% bornyl acetate and 4.05% volatile oil) and long small red fruits type (1.64% bornyl acetate and 3.04% volatile oil) from China showed good quality and high medicinal values. In addition, Amomi fructus manifested 30-40 kinds of nonvolatile compounds, i.e., phenolic, polysaccharides, saponins, flavonoid, vanillic acid, catechin, epicatechin, polydatin, isoquercitrin, quercitrin, glycosides, inorganic and organic acids.

Conclusion: A. villosum is widely used as anti-inflammatory, gastrointestinal protection, antiobesity, anticancer, antioxidant, analgesic, bacteriostasis, antidiabetic and anti-COVID-19, etc. So, it is manifested that the fruit, flowers, roots, stems, and leaves of A. villosum can be used as a medicine, especially fruit (Amomi fructus=Sharen), as the best functional food for the COVID-19 treatment and gastrointestinal protection as well as prevention of other diseases.

Keywords:

Fructus amomi, functional foods, habitats quality, volatile oils, nonvolatile components, Amomum villosum, human diseases.

Affiliation:

Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, Karachi Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Honghe Linyuan Agricultural Technology Development Limited Company, Hekou 661300, Honghe Linyuan Agricultural Technology Development Limited Company, Hekou 661300, Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205, Biotechnology and Germplasm Resources Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kunming 650205

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