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Plants, 2022 The aim of this study was to examine the influence of shoot age on the biological and chemical properties of 13 black currant cultivars with different origins and ripening times.
Boban Djordjević +6 more
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Flavanol-rich food for thought [PDF]
Nature Neuroscience, 2014 A randomized clinical trial in older adults shows that high dietary intake of cocoa flavanols enhances memory performance and neural function in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, a region critical for learning and memory.
Pa, Judy, Gazzaley, Adam
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Flavan-3-ols and Proanthocyanidins in Japanese, Bohemian and Giant Knotweed
Plants, 2021 Flavan-3-ols and proanthocyanidins of invasive alien plants Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica Houtt.), giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis F. Schmidt) and Bohemian knotweed (Fallopia × bohemica (Chrtek & Chrtkova) J.P.
Maja Bensa, Vesna Glavnik, Irena Vovk
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Flavanols and cardiovascular disease prevention [PDF]
European Heart Journal, 2010 Diet is a major lifestyle factor in the primary and secondary prevention of numerous chronic diseases, including myocardial infarction, stroke, and diabetes. Epidemiological studies suggest that the beneficial cardiovascular health effects of diets rich in fruits and vegetables are in part mediated by their flavonoid content, with particular benefits ...
Heiss, Christian, Keen, C. L., Kelm, M.
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Plants, 2020 This is the first report on identification of all B-type proanthocyanidins from monomers to decamers (monomers—flavan-3-ols, dimers, trimers, tetramers, pentamers, hexamers, heptamers, octamers, nonamers, and decamers) and some of their gallates in
Maja Bensa, Vesna Glavnik, Irena Vovk
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Separations, 2022 Flavanols are a class of polyphenols that have become the focus of much research because of their medicinal properties. For this paper, a new method to determine polyphenols in nutraceutical samples was developed, based on solid-liquid extraction and ...
Oscar Vidal-Casanella +3 more
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Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2013 Flavanols as a small subclass of the flavonoids stain selectively blue with the special reagent p-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde (DMACA). Because of the prominent blue colour it is easy to recognize the flavanols histochemically in the vacuoles of expanding
Jürgen Polster +4 more
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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2021 The purpose of this review is to examine human research studies published within the past 6 years which evaluate the role of anthocyanin, flavanol, and flavanone consumption in cognitive function, and to discuss potential mechanisms of action underlying ...
Samantha L. Gardener +11 more
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Agronomy, 2020 In the present study, the yield, the chemical composition, and the antioxidant activities of the essential oils (EOs) of eight medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) cultivated under two environmental conditions characterized by a different altitude ...
Antonios Chrysargyris +3 more
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Effect of Polyphenolic Complements on Cognitive Function in the Elderly: A Systematic Review
Antioxidants, 2022 Polyphenols have been shown to be effective against many chronic diseases. These compounds could have a beneficial effect at the cognitive level. The exact mechanism by which they provide positive effects at the cognitive level is not well known, but it ...
María José Rodrigo-Gonzalo +4 more
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