芳香植物挥发物的保健功效

The Health Care Function of Volatile Organic Compounds(VOCs) From Aromatic Plants

芳香植物是可供提取芳香油的香料作物和芳香野生植物的总称,集绿化、美化、香化于一体,已逐步应用于城市园林绿化中,近年来因其保健功能与人类健康关系密切而受到广泛关注。芳香植物资源丰富,不同芳香植物挥发物成分和含量不同,保健功能亦不同,而目前人们对芳香植物不了解,对其保健效果知之甚少,故芳香植物的应用受到制约。现在综述芳香植物资源、芳香成分、保健应用的基础上,重点论述芳香植物挥发物的保健功效,包括抑菌消炎、调节情绪、减轻疼痛、提高免疫、降低血压等,并对芳香物质的作用机理和常用研究方法进行了分析,以期为芳香植物保健作用的发挥及其推广应用奠定基础。

Aromatic plant was the general term of spice crops and aromatic wild plants which could be used to extract the essential oil.The aromatic plants possessed multiple functions including greening,landscaping,and aromatizing,so they were used gradually in landscape and greening.Due to the medical health care function and increasingly close relationship with human health,the aromatic plants attracted more and more attention.Aromatic plants were abundant in natural resources,and different volatile composition and content were found in different plants,while the health care function of the aroma was little known,which limited application of aromatic plants.In this paper,based on summarizing the resource of aromatic plants,the aromatic components,and their application,the medical health care function of volatiles were expounded emphatically,including antimicrobial effect,calming or exciting,reducing pain,affecting mood and immune function,and lowering blood pressure.Then the action mechanisms of aromatic components and the methods frequently applied in the experiment were illustrated.The fundamental research on aromatic plants should be vigorously strengthened in the future,which could provide the foundation for the exertion and application of medical health care function of aromatic plants.