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Journal of Agriculture ›› 2025, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (6): 85-91.doi: 10.11923/j.issn.2095-4050.cjas2024-0083

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Research Progress on Nutritional Value and Development and Utilization of Burdock Root

DU Furong(), LI Ke, ZHAO Mingming, HU Xinyan, LI Xiaoshan, SU Zaixing, HUANG Zhongqin, CHEN Xiaoguang()   

  1. Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences in Jiangsu Xuhuai District, Xuzhou Jiangsu 221131
  • Received:2024-05-08 Revised:2024-08-02 Online:2025-06-20 Published:2025-06-18

Abstract:

Burdock root is rich in numerous functional active substances and exhibits functions such as lowering blood glucose, exerting antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant activities, regulating lipid metabolism, and modulating the intestinal flora. It is renowned as the ‘King of Vegetables’ and ‘Oriental Ginseng’. This study places emphasis on the types and physiological functions of active substances such as polysaccharides, polyphenols, dietary fibers, amino acids, fatty acids, volatile oils, lignans, phytosterols, and pentacyclic triterpenes in burdock root. It also summarizes the current status of the development and utilization of primary and advanced processing products of burdock root. On this basis, the development of the burdock root industry is prospected, with the aim of providing a reference for the application of burdock root in fields such as food, medicine, and the chemical industry, as well as for its high-quality industrialization.

Key words: burdock root, nutritional value, development and utilization, active substance, physiological function, processed product