Guo Limin1、2、3，Zhang Wensheng1、3，Li Shiming4、5，Ho Chitang5
1. Beijing Normal Univ, State Key Lab Earth Surface Proc & Resource Ecol, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China.
2. Xinjiang Acad Agr Sci, Inst Agroprod Storage & Proc, Urumqi 830091, Peoples R China.
3. Beijing Normal Univ, Beijing Area Major Lab Protect & Utilizat Chinese, Beijing 100088, Peoples R China.
4. Huanggang Normal Univ, Hubei Key Lab Econ Forest Germplasm Improvement &, Hubei 438000, Peoples R China.
5. Rutgers State Univ, Dept Food Sci, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA.
Abstract: A Chrysanthemum family member, Coreopsis tinctoria has been grown in high plateau regions, particularly in Xinjiang, China, for many decades. It has been reported that Coreopsis tinctoria (C. tinctoria) possesses many biological activities, including hypoglycaemic activity, hypolipidaemia activity, blood pressure reduction activity, and antioxidant activity. Previous reviews of C. tinctoria have mostly focused on one of its characteristics, such as analytical or separation chemistry of its major components, or biological properties of its extract, or phytotaxonomy, among others. The aims of the present review are to introduce the analysis and isolation of identified phytochemicals in C. tinctoria and the biological properties of C. tinctoria extracts with targeted indication of nutraceutical properties, and to endeavour to develop a relationship between the chemical identity and pharmacological effects of C. tinctoria. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Published in JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS, doi: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.11.011
