ABSTRACT

In most of the countries around the world, the ever increase in food processing industries around the world is producing various types of by-products including peel, bran, pomace, refused pulp, shells, hull, husk, pods, seeds. With increasing activity in health-promoting functional foods, increase in the demand for natural bioactive moieties and new areas of research are on the way. Many by-products have been explored for health endorsing properties however, maize bran cell walls (MBCWs) and their various components (non-starch polysaccharides) are of chief importance. In this review, efforts are focused to illustrate the functional and nutraceutical importance of maize bran cell walls. Maize bran cell wall is made up of non-starch polysaccharide materials including arabinoxylans, heteroxylans, and hemicellulose. It holds various bioactive compounds such as ferulic acid, diferulic acid, and p-coumaric acid, having enormous nutraceutical properties, like antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, antiaging, cardioprotective, prebiotic and antiviral effects. These bioactive compounds are protecting against various disorders, like hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, cancer, neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, and thrombosis diseases. Furthermore, extraction, functional and nutraceutical properties, possible uses, and industrial applications of MBCW are the limelight of this article.

摘要

在世界上大多数国家，世界范围内食品加工业的不断增长正在生产各种类型的副产品，包括果皮，麸皮，果渣，拒绝的果肉，贝壳，果壳，果壳，豆荚，种子。随着在促进健康的功能食品中活性的增加，对天然生物活性部分的需求也在增加，并且新的研究领域也在不断发展。已经探索了许多副产物具有促进健康的特性，但是，玉米麸皮细胞壁（MBCW）及其各种成分（非淀粉多糖）至关重要。在这篇综述中，重点是说明玉米麸皮细胞壁的功能和营养重要性。玉米麸皮细胞壁由非淀粉多糖材料组成，包括阿拉伯木聚糖，异木聚糖和半纤维素。对香豆酸，具有巨大的营养保健特性，例如抗氧化剂，抗癌剂，抗炎药，抗微生物剂，抗衰老，心脏保护剂，益生元和抗病毒作用。这些生物活性化合物可预防各种疾病，例如高胆固醇血症，糖尿病，癌症，神经退行性疾病，心血管疾病和血栓形成疾病。此外，MBCW的提取，功能和营养性质，可能的用途以及工业应用是本文关注的焦点。