ABSTRACT
This chapter summarizes recent knowledge regarding the bioactive components and pharmacological effects of mulberry fruits. It describes active ingredients contained in mulberry fruits and their functions. Active ingredients such as polysaccharides, polyphenolics, flavonoids, anthocyanin, phenolic acids, and melatonin, which are rich in mulberry fruits, have immunomodulatory, antioxidant, antihyperglycemic, hypolipidemic, anticancer, neuroprotective, and antiatherosclerosis activities. Moreover, the research on the functional components of mulberry fruits is still in the laboratory stage. In addition, the use of mulberry resources is relatively simple, which also led to a large amount of mulberry resources waste. The quality standards of mulberry products should be formulated as soon as possible to regulate the mulberry product market, increase the research on mulberry active components, integrate them with industrialization, strengthen the utilization of mulberry resources, and make it more reasonable, more standardized, and more effectively develop and utilize Chinese mulberry resources.
