As one of flavanones and mainly present in the peels and fruits of pummelo, grapefruit, sour orange and their hybrids, naringin has been proven to have various biological activities such as preventing cancer, inhibiting the growth of microbes and the activities of many enzymes, antioxidating, lowering the levels of blood cholesterol and triglyceride and maintaining the normal permeability of blood capillary. Because of this, naringin can be used in fields of medicine and food.
In this dissertation...