Edible berries: Bioactive components and their effect on human health

SH Nile, SW Park - Nutrition, 2014 - Elsevier
The importance of food consumption in relation to human health has increased consumer
attention in nutraceutical components and foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Berries …

Blueberry anthocyanins in health promotion: A metabolic overview

S Norberto, S Silva, M Meireles, A Faria… - Journal of Functional …, 2013 - Elsevier
Diet has gained scientific community attention due to the crucial role in health maintenance,
but also in disease treatment, and essential in disease prevention. Several food and food …

Systematic evaluation of natural phenolic antioxidants from 133 Indian medicinal plants

S Surveswaran, YZ Cai, H Corke, M Sun - Food chemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Total antioxidant capacities of 133 Indian medicinal plant species sampled from 64 families
were assessed by ABTS, DPPH and FRAP assays, and their total phenolic contents …

[HTML][HTML] Bioactives in blueberries improve insulin sensitivity in obese, insulin-resistant men and women

AJ Stull, KC Cash, WD Johnson, CM Champagne… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Dietary supplementation with whole blueberries in a preclinical study resulted in a reduction
in glucose concentrations over time. We sought to evaluate the effect of daily dietary …

Stability of polyphenols in chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) subjected to in vitro gastric and pancreatic digestion

MJ Bermúdez-Soto, FA Tomás-Barberán… - Food chemistry, 2007 - Elsevier
Berries and red fruits are dietary sources of polyphenols with reported health benefits. As
part of the diet, polyphenols are ingested as complex mixtures immersed in a food matrix …

Antioxidant activity and antimicrobial effect of berry phenolics–a Finnish perspective

M Heinonen - Molecular nutrition & food research, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In Finland, berries are part of the traditional diet significantly contributing to the intake of
flavonoids and other phenolic compounds. Compositional data on phenolic compounds in …

General method for extraction of blueberry anthocyanins and identification using high performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization-ion trap-time of …

JS Barnes, HP Nguyen, S Shen, KA Schug - Journal of Chromatography A, 2009 - Elsevier
A systematic approach for optimizing the extraction and identification of anthocyanins from
blueberries was explored using HPLC-UV and HPLC–ESI-IT-TOF-MS. Sample …

Changes in fruit firmness, cell wall composition and cell wall degrading enzymes in postharvest blueberries during storage

H Chen, S Cao, X Fang, H Mu, H Yang, X Wang… - Scientia …, 2015 - Elsevier
Blueberries are now the second most economically important soft fruit. However, they are
highly perishable and susceptible to rapid spoilage. One of the main factors limiting …

Evaluation of quality and nutraceutical content of blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) by near and mid-infrared spectroscopy

N Sinelli, A Spinardi, V Di Egidio, I Mignani… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Blueberries (family Ericaceae; genus Vaccinium corymbosum L.) are interesting fruit for
potential health benefits due to their bioactive compounds (anthocyanins, flavonoids …

Antiproliferative and antioxidant properties of anthocyanin-rich extract from açai

S Hogan, H Chung, L Zhang, J Li, Y Lee, Y Dai, K Zhou - Food chemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
An anthocyanin-rich extract, generated from açai (AEA), was investigated for its antioxidant
properties and antiproliferative activity against C-6 rat brain glioma cells and MDA-468 …