%0 Journal Article
%T Antioxidant and anti-atherosclerotic potential of Banana (Musa spp): A review of biological mechanisms for prevention and protection against atherosclerosis.
%A Carlos Kusano Bucalen F
%J Avicenna J Phytomed
%V 13
%N 3
%D 2023 May-Jun
%M 37655002
暂无%R 10.22038/AJP.2022.20616
%X <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>To review the antioxidant and anti-atherosclerotic potential of whole banana, banana flour, and its bioactive compounds.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A non-systematic review of the literature covering the past 20 years, using the following databases and searching bases: PUBMED/MEDLINE: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/; Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.br/; and "Literatura Latinoamericana em Ciências da Saúde"/Latin American Literature in Life Sciences [LILACS]: http://lilacs.bvsalud.org/, was done. Studies with incomplete methodology and design were excluded.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Bananas from different species are a good source of carbohydrates, dietary fiber, proteins, polyunsaturated fatty acids, potassium, carotenoids, flavonoids, vitamin C and E, phytosterols, gallocatechin, catechin, and other polyphenols. Some of these compounds play trigger important biological roles as antioxidants or anti-atherosclerotic and cardiovascular protective substances. This review summarizes and explains thirteen protective biological mechanisms of banana bioactive compounds and banana products.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>Including banana and its products in dietary menus, in food products and nutraceuticals should improve cardiovascular health of the populations.