Review of functional and pharmacological activities of berries

O Golovinskaia, CK Wang - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Functional plant-based foods (such as fruits, vegetables, and berries) can improve health,
have a preventive effect, and diminish the risk of different chronic diseases during in vivo …

Anthocyanins: Promising natural products with diverse pharmacological activities

J Liu, H Zhou, L Song, Z Yang, M Qiu, J Wang, S Shi - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Anthocyanins are natural products that give color to plants. As natural plant pigments,
anthocyanins also have a series of health-promoting benefits. Many researchers have …

Berry phenolic antioxidants–implications for human health?

B Olas - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Antioxidants present in the diet may have a significant effect on the prophylaxis and
progression of various diseases associated with oxidative stress. Berries contain a range of …

Promising health benefits of the strawberry: a focus on clinical studies

S Afrin, M Gasparrini… - Journal of agricultural …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The potential health benefits associated with dietary intake of fruits have attracted increasing
interest. Among berries, the strawberry is a rich source of several nutritive and non-nutritive …

Strawberry and human health: Effects beyond antioxidant activity

F Giampieri, JM Alvarez-Suarez… - Journal of agricultural …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The usefulness of a diet rich in vegetables and fruits on human health has been widely
recognized: a high intake of antioxidant and bioactive compounds may in fact play a crucial …

Red fruits: Extraction of antioxidants, phenolic content, and radical scavenging determination: A review

GI Hidalgo, MP Almajano - Antioxidants, 2017 - mdpi.com
Red fruits, as rich antioxidant foods, have gained over recent years capital importance for
consumers and manufacturers. The industrial extraction of the phenolic molecules from this …

Antioxidant and anticancer properties of berries

B Baby, P Antony, R Vijayan - Critical reviews in food science and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The enduring relationship between dietary patterns and human health has led us to
investigate the bioactive components present in fruits and vegetables for a very long time …

Anthocyanin absorption and metabolism by human intestinal Caco-2 cells—A review

S Kamiloglu, E Capanoglu, C Grootaert… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Anthocyanins from different plant sources have been shown to possess health beneficial
effects against a number of chronic diseases. To obtain any influence in a specific tissue or …

Total phenolics content and antioxidant capacities of microencapsulated blueberry anthocyanins during in vitro digestion

FP Flores, RK Singh, WL Kerr, RB Pegg, F Kong - Food chemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
The goal of this research was to investigate the change in phenolics content and antioxidant
capacity of microencapsulated anthocyanins (ACNs) digested in vitro. Blueberry ACN …

Chemical characterization and gastroprotective effect of an isolated polysaccharide fraction from Bletilla striata against ethanol-induced acute gastric ulcer

C Zhang, F Gao, S Gan, Y He, Z Chen, X Liu… - Food and chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
The chemical characterization and protective role against ethanol-induced gastric ulcerated
rats of a polysaccharide fraction from Bletilla striata (BSP) collected by ultrafiltration …