Research Progress on Basic Nutritional and Bioactive Substances of Lily
LI Yu-fan1，2，MING Jun2*，WANG Liang-gui1，YUAN Su-xia2，LIU Chun2，WANG Ying1，2，LIANG Yun2，FENG Hui-ying2，XU Lei-feng2
1College of Landscape Architecture of Nanjing Forestry University，Nanjing 210037，Jiangsu，China|2Institute of Vegetables and Flowers，Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences，Beijing 100081，China
Abstract：Lily（Lilium spp.）is an important edible，medicinal and ornamental plant．It contains rich basic nutrients and bioactive substances．This paper summarizes the progress on studying basic nutrients and bioactive substances of some domestic lily species，including polysaccharide，steroidal saponin，phenolic compound，flavonoid，alkaloid，etc．The paper also raised the existing problems in R & D of edible and medicinal lily，and prospects the orientation of future research.
