Comparison of polyphenol, anthocyanin and antioxidant capacity in four varieties of Lonicera caerulea berry extracts

Health Properties and Composition of Honeysuckle Berry Lonicera caerulea L. An Update on Recent Studies

“…The plant is commonly used in traditional medicine, especially in Japan, being exceptional due to its anti-ageing properties, as well as protecting against heart diseases and gastrointestinal problems [1]. Scientific studies have confirmed cardio-and neuroprotective, anticancer and anti-inflammatory activity of the honeysuckle fruit [52]. Moreover, antimicrobial and antidiabetic properties have been observed.…”

Effects of freezing conditions on quality changes in blueberries

“…In recent years, there has been a 69% increase in the worldwide tonnage of blueberries harvested. Blueberries are nutrient rich, exhibit antioxidant activity, and have a high anthocyanin, vitamin C, amino acid, and carotenoid content . Anthocyanins can particularly benefit those suffering from various chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer; they can eliminate eye fatigue and they have an anti‐aging effect …”

“…1 Blueberries are nutrient rich, exhibit antioxidant activity, and have a high anthocyanin, vitamin C, amino acid, and carotenoid content. 2 Anthocyanins can particularly benefit those suffering from various chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer; they can eliminate eye fatigue and they have an anti-aging effect. 3 The post-harvest shelf life of the blueberry is very short at ambient temperature because of its susceptibility to microbial decay, mechanical damage, and moisture and nutritional loss.…”

BacHBerry: BACterial Hosts for production of Bioactive phenolics from bERRY fruits

“…whereas the absence is noted with a Phenol explorer database (http://phenol-explorer.eu), b (Chaovanalikit et al 2004), c (Zheng et al 2011), d (Ruiz et al 2010), e (Wang et al 2016b), f (Fredes et al 2014) downstream processing (Wang et al 2016a). The BacHBerry consortium decided to address these challenges and set the following objectives: (1) to systematically analyze the phenolic contents in the large berry germplasm collections available from consortium members, (2) to establish a publicly-available database of transcriptomic and metabolic data obtained from berry bioprospecting within, as well as outside of the project, (3) to discover novel bioactivities in berry extracts against a range of human pathologies, such as Alzheimer's disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), by high-throughput screening with subsequent identification of functional biomolecules, (4) to identify the corresponding biosynthetic genes and perform functional characterization of the respective gene products, (5) to assay a selection of the biosynthetic genes for functionality in Gram-positive bacterial hosts and use those to construct bacterial cell factories for phenolic production, (6) to improve the production efficiency further by introducing modifications to the host metabolic networks predicted via rational design or computational tools developed within the project, (7) to design and optimize costeffective food-grade methods for extraction of phenolic compounds from bacterial fermentation broth, and (8) to optimize fermentation conditions and subsequently upscale the production to pilot plant levels.…”