茶黄素是一类具有苯骈卓酚酮环结构的天然化合物，具有抗氧化、调血脂、降血糖、抗病毒、抗炎、降尿酸、抗菌、抗肿瘤、抗骨质疏松等药理作用。茶黄素是茶叶天然活性成分的研究重点之一，其在保健食品、医药、化妆品、动物饲料、植物农药等终端产品的开发上越来越广泛。通过查阅近年来有关茶黄素的文献资料，以茶黄素结构的认识为出发点，综述茶黄素的生物活性，关注茶黄素在保健食品、医药等领域中的科学研发与应用，以期为茶黄素的应用开发提供参考。

Theaflavins are a category of natural compounds characterized with the benzotropolone skeleton. Theaflavins have many pharmacological actions, such as antioxidant, regulating blood-lipid, hypoglycemic, antiviral, anti-inflammation, hypouricemic, anti-bacterial, anti-tumor, anti-osteoporosis. Theaflavins is one of the research focuses of natural active ingredients in tea, and it is more and more widely used in the development of terminal products with health food, medicine, cosmetics, animal feed, plant pesticide, and so on. Based on the literatures review of theaflavins in recent years, taking the theaflavins structure as the starting point, the biological activities of theaflavins were reviewed, the research and application of theaflavins in health food, medicine and other fields were focused on, in order to provide reference for the application and development of theaflavins.

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天津市教委科研计划项目（2019KJ081）