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- Title
A Comprehensive Review of Health-Benefiting Components in Rapeseed Oil.
- Authors
Shen, Junjun; Liu, Yejia; Wang, Xiaoling; Bai, Jie; Lin, Lizhong; Luo, Feijun; Zhong, Haiyan
- Abstract
Rapeseed oil is the third most consumed culinary oil in the world. It is well-known for its high content of unsaturated fatty acids, especially polyunsaturated fatty acids, which make it of great nutritional value. There is increasing evidence that a diet rich in unsaturated fatty acids offers health benefits. Although the consumption of rapeseed oil cuts across many areas around the world, the nutritional elements of rapeseed oil and the exact efficacy of the nutrients remain unclear. In this review, we systematically summarized the latest studies on functional rapeseed components to ascertain which component of canola oil contributes to its function. Apart from unsaturated fatty acids, there are nine functional components in rapeseed oil that contribute to its anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, neuroprotective, and cardioprotective, among others. These nine functional components are vitamin E, flavonoids, squalene, carotenoids, glucoraphanin, indole-3-Carbinol, sterols, phospholipids, and ferulic acid, which themselves or their derivatives have health-benefiting properties. This review sheds light on the health-benefiting effects of rapeseed oil in the hope of further development of functional foods from rapeseed.
- Subjects
PREVENTION of chronic diseases; UNSATURATED fatty acids; FOOD consumption; NUTRITION; PLANT anatomy; CHRONIC diseases; HEALTH status indicators; CANOLA oil; PLANT extracts
- Publication
Nutrients, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 4, p999
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu15040999