Mini review about antioxidant damage effects of Dendrobium nobile
Dendrobium nobile is a plant of Dendrobium of the orchid family,which has the effects of tonifying stomach and promoting fluid,nourishing"Yin"and clearing"Heat".Pharmacological studies have shown that Dendro-bium nobile has good application prospects in the prevention and treatment of tumor,liver cirrhosis,senile dementia and antioxidative stress damage.Dendrobium nobile can be used as a candidate medicinal material for natural antioxidants,and its total polyphenols,total polysaccharides,total flavonoids and total alkaloids all have different degrees of free radi-cal scavenging ability.These compounds have been found to play an important role in reducing reactive oxygen species level,enhancing antioxidant enzyme activity,activating related antioxidant pathways,and protecting proteins,DNA,and lipids from oxidative damage.In this paper,the literatures on antioxidative damage of main active compounds of Dendrobium nobile published in recent years are reviewed,aiming to provide reference for the subsequent research of Dendrobium nobile.