越橘的保健作用及其在我国的开发利用前景

Helth Function and Utilization Prospect of Blueberry in China

越橘是多年生小灌木浆果类果树,果实风味品质优良,含有大量对人体健康有益的物质。常食越橘对人的眼睛有良好的保健作用,还可清除体内自由基,增强毛细血管的柔韧性,预防血栓的形成,抵抗泌尿系统感染,抑制癌细胞增殖等。越橘果汁中含有大量的钾、铁和锰,其果实除生食外还可以加工成果汁、果酱、果酒及发酵乳饮料、保健口服液等。发达国家的越橘已发展成为一种产业。我国越橘资源丰富,开发潜力很大,有着广阔的发展前景。

Fruit of blueberry has good taste and quality and it is rich of benefit substance for human health. It is fresh consumed or could be processed into all kinds of ready food. The manifaeture of blueberry food are already broad in scale in the developed countries. There is plentyful blueberry resources in China which suggests that it has huge great potentiality of development and there will be promising future for blueberry in China