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Relationship between oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) index, body composition and blood biochemical markers in overweight/obese compared to normal weight subjects: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

J Health Popul Nutr
Background Obesity is an important preventable disease, which promotes the development of chronic disorders by altering several factors including oxidative stress. Dietary antioxidants protect the body against oxidative stress.
Madani Z, Moussavi Javardi M, Majdizadeh G, Mostafaei Z, Djazayeri SA, Karandish M, Movahedi A.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Comparison of the polyphenol content and in vitro antioxidant capacity of fruit-based nutritional supplements commonly consumed by athletic and recreationally active populations

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2022
Background Polyphenol-rich fruit supplements are commonly consumed by recreationally active and athletic populations because of their proposed benefits to both exercise performance and recovery from prior exercise.
Lee Rickards, Anthony Lynn, Margo E. Barker, Mark Russell, Mayur K. Ranchordas   +4 more
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Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity of Cinnamomum glanduliferum Leaf Oil Using Several In-vitro Assays

Archives of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ain Shams University, 2023
Numerous species of genus Cinnamomum have been utilized in traditional medicine for their diverse range of health benefits. One of the key properties of cinnamon that has gained significant attention in recent years is its antioxidant activity.
Gina A. Zakaria, Nada M. Mostafa , Rania F. Abou El-Ezz, Omayma A. Eldahshan   +3 more
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Nutritional Quality and Nutraceutical Potential of Fruits and Vegetables as a tool for Genetic Breeding Programs

Agrociencia Uruguay, 2022
Prevention of the development of chronic diseases related to metabolic syndrome has been found to depend on a healthy diet. Among healthy foods, fruits and vegetables play a very important role due to their nutrient content, especially antioxidants ...
Virginia Ferrari, Gustavo Rodríguez, Matías González, Esteban Vicente, Gustavo Giménez, Danilo Cabrera, Facundo Ibañez   +6 more
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Improvement of the Flavanol Profile and the Antioxidant Capacity of Chocolate Using a Phenolic Rich Cocoa Powder

Foods, 2020
Chocolate is made from cocoa, which is rich in (poly)phenols that have a high antioxidant capacity and are associated with the prevention of chronic diseases.
Rocío González-Barrio, Vanesa Nuñez-Gomez, Elena Cienfuegos-Jovellanos, Francisco Javier García-Alonso, Mª Jesús Periago-Castón   +4 more
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Promoting and updating food frequency questionnaire tool to measure food consumption and nutrient intake analysis

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2021
Background: One of the problems that nutritionists have always faced in research projects is the analysis of food intake of the subjects. Various approaches have been proposed in which the use of food frequency is one of the most used in this field. Many
Zahra Madani, Maryam Sadat Moussavi Javardi, Majid Karandish, Ariyo Movahedi   +3 more
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Antioxidative Capacity of Soyfoods and Soy Active Compounds

Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences, 2022
Soyfood isoflavones and soyasaponins are effective compounds in terms of their health-promoting properties. Their chemical structure plays an important role in their antioxidative activity. Thus, six isoflavones and four soyasaponins that are targeted in
Wanida Tewaruth Chitisankul, Kazuko Shimada, Chigen Tsukamoto   +2 more
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Antioxidant activity of red beet juices obtained after microwave and thermal pretreatments

Czech Journal of Food Sciences, 2013
Pressed juices and water extracts from untreated, microwave pretreated, and thermally treated red beet were obtained. The highest total betalain content - 606.34 mg/100 g dry matter (DM) was found in pressed juice obtained after microwave pretreatment ...
Anton Slavov, Vasil Karagyozov, Petko Denev, Maria Kratchanova, Christo Kratchanov   +4 more
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Amperometric enzyme sensor to check the total antioxidant capacity of several mixed berries. comparison with two other spectrophotometric and fluorimetric methods [PDF]

, 2015
The aim of this research was to test the correctness of response of a superoxide dismutase amperometric biosensor used for the purpose of measuring and ranking the total antioxidant capacity of several systematically analysed mixed berries.
CAMPANELLA, Luigi, Elisa Mazzone, Maruschka Serone, Riccardo Angeloni, TOMASSETTI, Mauro   +4 more
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Modification of the oxygen radical absorbance capacity assay and its application in evaluating the total antioxidative state in fish

Advances in Redox Research, 2022
The oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) assay is widely accepted as a common method for evaluating the total antioxidative activity in animals and food. The ORAC assay can simultaneously detect both hydrophilic (H-) and lipophilic (L-) antioxidants
Toshiki Nakano, Satoshi Hayashi, Yoshihiro Ochiai, Hitoshi Shirakawa, Haiyun Wu, Hideaki Endo, Hui Yu   +6 more
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