薏苡活性成分研究新进展

New Research Progress of Active Ingredients in Job’s Tears

摘要: 薏苡为禾本科植物，有健脾利湿、清热排脓、美容养颜的功能。薏苡的种仁不仅可以供人们食用，更可以开发用于治疗肿瘤、高血糖、高血脂等。多酚类化合物是薏苡诸多生理功能的活性物质之一。薏苡中所含的多酚类化合物，具有较强的抗氧化性，是薏苡发挥抗氧化作用的重要活性物质之一。本文概述了薏苡中天然存在的诸多活性物质，并且论述了薏苡中多酚类化合物的抗氧化作用。

Abstract: As a gramineous plant, Job’s tears has the function of invigorating spleen to remove dampness, clearing away heat and eliminating pus and maintaining beauty and keeping young. The seeds of Job’s tears are not only edible, but also can be developed for the treatment of tumors, hyperglyce-mia, hyperlipidemia and so on. The polyphenol compounds are one kind of the active materials of Job’s tears’ multiple physiological functions. The polyphenol compounds contained in Job’s tears, with strong oxidation resistance, are one of the important active substances of Job’s tears’ anti-oxygenation. The paper summarizes the numerous active substances naturally existed in Job’s tears, and expounds the antioxidant effect of polyphenol compounds in Job’s tears.