FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2009, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (9): 281-284.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-200909066

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Review on Anti-tumor Effect of Anthocyanin

JIANG Wei-wei REN Guo-feng*   

  1. Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China
  • Received:2008-05-27 Revised:2008-11-25 Online:2009-05-01 Published:2010-12-29
  • Contact: REN Guo-feng E-mail:rgf3824@163.com

Abstract:

Anthocyanin is a kind of widely distributed plant pigments, which belongs to flavonoids. In recent years, many animal experiments and epidemiological studies indicated that it has biological activities of anti-oxidation, accelerating cell apoptosis and inhibiting DNA strand scission, and shows the prevention effect on tumor, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis and other diseases. This paper mainly reviewed its effects on tumor and partial mechanisms.

Key words: anthocyanin, anthocyanidin, tumor

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