HEALTH BENEFITS AND THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF IPOMOEA BATATAS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW

Thahsin V. A.*, Anagha Vinod, Kavya K. R. and Sanal Dev

ABSTRACT

Sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) have emerged as a popular research focus in recent years due to their special nutritional and functional characteristics. It is a crop that is grown all over the world and has been accepted as a functional food because of several of its nutraceutical components. The leaves and roots of the sweet potato contain a variety of nutrients, including bioactive carbohydrates, proteins, carotenoids, flavonoids, anthocyanins, phenolic acids, and minerals. According to several experimental studies, sweet potatoes can generally be helpful in the prevention or treatment of chronic diseases due to their antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, anticancer/antitumor, antimicrobial, anti-diabetic, anti-obesity, cardioprotective, and antiulcer activities. These factors make it a subject that draws people's attention. This review contains information on the therapeutic uses of sweet potatoes, which will be helpful for new researchers and practitioners in their search for various health advantages of Ipomoea batatas.

Keywords: Sweet potato, Chronic diseases, Ipomoea batatas, Phytochemical composition, in vitro and in vivo models.