Wine is defined as the undistilled fermented beverages product made with different variety of fruits. About 10-15% of alcohol content is found in the wine with numerous bioactive compounds such as phenols, catechin, quercetin and gallic acid, flavonoids, and resveratrol. The presence of these antioxidants is associated with the lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, free radical formation, and hyperglycemia in human body. Resveratrol present in red wine has potential chemo preventive activity. Generally, wine is prepared with the help of yeast mediated fermentation of grapes. However, various other tropical fruits such as plum, jackfruit, palm and pineapple can also be used for the wine production. Various herbs such as basil, ginger, amla and aloe-vera can also be infused into the wine, to enhance its therapeutic value. Herb-induced wines, commonly called as restorative wines can be of great importance to human health. This review provides a overview of different types of wines, the medicinal potential of wine for human health, as well as the diverse fruits utilized in wine production.
Wine is use as a base of therapeutic arrangements aggravated with different herbs to treat explicit diseases and scatters directly from beginning of this century. Wine creation from different natural products, arrangement of wines and current status of wine industry. Different wine classes, for example, grape wine, natural product wine, berry wine, vegetable wine, plant wine and so forth have been talked about in this review. Late refreshes on wine generation from different tropical and a subtropical natural product like mango, banana, and apple juice is likewise revealed.
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