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Review
. 2023 Nov 7;12(1):35-47.
doi: 10.1002/fsn3.3771. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Chemical components of Fu brick tea and its potential preventive effects on metabolic syndrome

Honghua Li  1 , Wei Dai  1 , Xinjun Zhang  2 , Jie Lu  2 , Fuhang Song  1 , Hua Li  1
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Chemical components of Fu brick tea and its potential preventive effects on metabolic syndrome

Honghua Li et al. Food Sci Nutr. .

Abstract

As living standards advance, an escalating emphasis is placed on health, particularly in relation to prevalent chronic metabolic disorders. It is necessary to explore safe and effective functional foods or drugs. Fu brick tea (FBT) is a kind of dark tea fermented by fungi. The extracts are rich in compounds that can effectively relieve metabolic diseases such as hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia, protect the liver, improve human immunity, enhance antioxidant activity, and regulate intestinal flora. This paper summarizes the biological activities and mechanisms of the extracts, polysaccharides, and small molecular compounds of FBT, which provides a certain theoretical basis for the rational, systematic, comprehensive development and utilization of the FBT resources. It is expected to develop and apply these active substances in health care products and natural medicines and provide more beneficial and diversified FBT products for human beings.

Keywords: Fu brick tea; extracts from Fu brick tea; polysaccharides; preventive effects on metabolic syndrome; small molecules.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Compounds isolated from FBT by Luo et al. (2012).
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Compounds isolated from FBT by Zhu et al.
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Compounds isolated from FBT by Luo et al. (2013).
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Compounds isolated from FBT by Tian and Lu et al.
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Compounds isolated from FBT by Ling et al.
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