Phytochemicals in finger lime and their potential health benefits: A review

Abstract

Citrus australasica, also named finger lime, has been drawing lots of attention recently due to its potent antioxidant capacity and health-promoting benefits. They have been applied to the food industry as fruit or processed into soda, flavor liquor, jam, and dried powder. Especially, phenolic compounds are of prime interest as a large group of bioactive components in finger lime, including phenolic acids, flavan-3-ols, flavanones, anthocyanins, flavones, flavonols, and iso-flavonoids. Besides, other bioactive phytochemicals have also shown their roles, such as organic acids, minerals, carotenoids, vitamins, and chlorophylls. They synergically trigger finger lime to be a beneficial source, w..