Search results: polyphenols

The fiber and/or polyphenols present in lingonberries null the glycemic effect of the sugars present

Crowberry flavonoids and their health promoting activity

Recently, the attention of researchers has been focused on lesser-known and underutilized species of edible berries, such as crowberry, lingonberry and rowanberry. Wild berry species often display higher antioxidant activity and have higher concentrations of phenolic compounds in comparison with cultivated berries. Crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) has one of the highest content of antioxidants.

Metabolism of polyphenols from dietary exposure to urinary metabolites

Lähde: Vetrani, C., Rivellese, A.A., Annuzzi, G., Adiels, M., Borén, J., Mattila, I., Orešič, M. & Aura, A. (2016): Metabolic transformations of dietary polyphenols: comparison between in vitro colonic and hepatic models and in vivo urinary metabolites. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2016.03.007.

Berry polyphenols have beneficial effects on learning and memory

Source: Bensalem, J., Servant, L., Alfons, S., Gaudout, D., Layé, S., Pallet, V. & Lafenetre, P. (2016): Dietary polyphenol supplementation prevents alteration of spatial navigation in middle-aged mice. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10: 9.

Six new studies on raspberry’s health benefits

Six new studies on raspberry's health benefits were presented at the Experimental Biology conference in San Diego in April 2016. The target berry species was American raspberry (Rubus strigosus), a close relative of European raspberry (Rubus idaeus). Results were published as conference abstracts in "Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology".