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| Virus-infected red grapes. "... higher levels of flavonols in virus-infected symptomatic leaves than in virus-free green leaves ..."
" Symptoms of grapevine leafroll disease (GLRD) in red-fruited wine grape (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars consist of green veins and red and reddish-purple discoloration of inter-veinal areas of leaves."1
Researchers from Department of Plant Pathology, Irrigated Agriculture Research and ExtensionCenter,..... |
| Two Endogenous Substrates for Polyphenoloxidase in Pericarp Tissues of Postharvest Rambutan Fruit.
"The catalytic oxidation of phenolic substrates by polyphenoloxidase (PPO) causes pericarp browning of postharvest rambutan fruit."1
Researchers from Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi, China; South China Botanical Garden, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Leyiju, Guangzhou (Canton),..... |
| Black soybeans. Enhanced anthocyanin content.
"Food possessing anthocyanins, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity or reducing activity show beneficial effect on human health."1
Researchers from Graduate Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, China; have presented an article titled:..... |
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| Vitamin D. Sirtuins. Hormonal vitamin D. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. "... molecular basis for its cancer chemopreventive actions."
"Hormonal vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25D), signals through the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR)."1
"1,25D regulates cell proliferation and differentiation, and has been identified as a cancer chemopreventive agent."
"FoxO proteins are transcription factors that control cell..... |
| Cashew nut. Antioxidant, larvicidal and antiacetylcholinesterase activities.
"Anacardic acid, cardanol and cardol, the main constituents of natural cashew nut shell liquid (CNSL), were obtained by solvent extraction and assayed for antioxidant, larvicidal and antiacetylcholinesterase activity."1
"Their relative percent composition was obtained by HPLC..... |
| Garlic. Oxidative stress. "... garlic treatment significantly prevented iron-induced oxidative stresgarlic treatment significantly prevented iron-induced oxidative stresss ..."
"The impact of garlic, known for its antioxidant activities, on iron metabolism has been poorly investigated."1
Researchers from Laboratory of Histology, Embryology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Tunis, Tunisia; have presented an article titled: "Protective effects of crude garlic by reducing..... |
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| Black rice. Blueberries. Antioxidants. "... more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of blueberries, but with less sugar and more fiber and vitamin E antioxidants ..." Zhimin Xu, Associate Professor at the Department of Food Science at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has said:
"Just a spoonful of black rice bran contains more health promoting anthocyanin antioxidants than are found in a spoonful of blueberries, but with less sugar and more..... |
| Fireweed. '... oenothein B, which is recognized for its antioxidant, antitumor, antibacterial and antiviral properties.' Researchers from Montana State University have indicated that a plant extract may have the '... potential to bolster the human immune system by activating a number of mechanisms of important disease-fighting cells in the body, phagocytes.'
More from a Release dated August 17, sourced from Montana State..... |
| Aubergines. Five varieties. Antioxidants. "... contribution of the phenolic antioxidant present in eggplant to its hepatoprotective effect on t-BuOOH-induced toxicity." Solanum melongena is also known as eggplant, aubergine, melongene and brinjal.
"Eggplant is consumed throughout the world and varies in fruit color, shape, and size."1
Researchers from Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ubon Ratchathani University, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand; have presented an article..... |
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| Grapefruit. Naringenin. "... results are similar to those induced by long periods of fasting" Yaakov Nahmias PhD, from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has said:
"It is a fascinating find ..."
"We show the mechanism by which naringenin increases two important pharmaceutical targets, PPAR? and PPAR?, while blocking a third, LXR?."
"The results are similar to those induced by long..... |
| Dark chocolate. "High concentration of compounds called "flavonoids" in chocolate may lower blood pressure ..." Murrray Mittleman MD DrPH, Director of the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, has said:
"You can't ignore that chocolate is a relatively calorie-dense food and large amounts of habitual consumption is going to raise..... |
| Cowpeas. Antioxidants. "... ultrafiltered peptide fractions might be utilized for physiologically functional foods with antihypertensive and antioxidant activities." Cowpeas are also known as black eyed peas, field peas and chola.
Cultivated varieties include Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindric, Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana, Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis and Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata.
"Enzymatic proteolysis of food proteins is used to produce..... |
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| Milk. Garlic. Deodorization. "... whole milk was more effective than fat-free milk in the deodorization of the more hydrophobic volatiles ..."
"The effect of milk and milk components on the deodorization of diallyl disulfide (DADS), allyl methyl disulfide (AMDS), allyl mercaptan (AM), allyl methyl sulfide (AMS), and methyl mercaptan (MM) in the headspace of garlic as well as in the mouth- and nose-space after garlic ingestion was investigated using selected..... |
| Beer. Starch. Gluten. Barley. "Psoriasis is a common immune-mediated skin disease ..." A report in the December issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, indicates: 'Regular beer--but not light beer or other types of alcohol--appears to be associated with an increased risk of developing psoriasis ... '
More from a Release dated August 16, sourced from JAMA and Archives..... |
| Luteolin. Quercetagetin. Dental focal infections. Infections in the mouth. "... flavonoids interfere with LTA signal transduction."
"Dental focal infections are infections in the mouth that cause subsequent infection and symptoms in other parts of the body."1
Researchers from Laboratorio de Bioquímica, División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México,..... |
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| Canna indica. Methylated anthocyanidin glycosides.
"Methylated anthocyanin glycosides were isolated from red Canna indica flower and identified as malvidin 3-O-(6-O-acetyl-beta-d-glucopyranoside)-5-O-beta-d-glucopyranoside (1), malvidin 3,5-O-beta-d-diglucopyranoside (2), cyanidin-3-O-(6''-O-alpha-rhamnopyranosyl-beta-glucopyranoside (3),..... |
| Chestnuts. Antioxidants. Antimelanogenic properties.
"... antioxidant and antimelanogenic properties of a variety of solvent extracts of pre-bloom and full-bloom chestnut flowers."1
Researchers from Department of Biotechnology, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea; have presented an article titled: "Antioxidant and Antimelanogenic Properties of Chestnut Flower..... |
| Red wine. Vasoprotective effects. "... identification of petunidin-O-coumaroyl-glucoside as a potent activator of eNOS."
"Phenolic extracts from red wine (RWPs) have been shown to induce nitric oxide (NO)-mediated vasoprotective effects, mainly by causing the PI3-kinase/Akt-dependent activation of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS)."1
Researchers from Laboratoire de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université..... |