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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nile, Shivraj Hariram, M.Sc., Ph.D
• Park, Se Won, M.Sc., Ph.D

Titel

Edible berries: Bioactive components and their effect on human health

Ist Teil von

• Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 2014-02, Vol.30 (2), p.134-144

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Abstract The importance of food consumption in relation to human health has increased consumer attention in nutraceutical components and foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Berries are a rich source of a wide variety of non-nutritive, nutritive, and bioactive compounds such as flavonoids, phenolics, anthocyanins, phenolic acids, stilbenes, and tannins, as well as nutritive compounds such as sugars, essential oils, carotenoids, vitamins, and minerals. Bioactive compounds from berries have potent antioxidant, anticancer, antimutagenic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antineurodegenerative properties, both in vitro and in vivo. The following is a comprehensive and critical review on nutritional and non-nutritional bioactive compounds of berries including their absorption, metabolism, and biological activity in relation to their potential effect on human health.