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- n. An antioxidant flavonoid with possible health benefits, found in many plant sources, including apples, bilberry, grapeseed, pine bark, and black chokeberry.
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“Das also shared a 2002 patent on the use of another compound in grape skins called proanthocyanidin to prevent and treat heart conditions.”
“Vitamin E is an important antioxidant in grape seed, but even more powerful are the flavonoids called oligomeric proanthocyanidin complexes, or OPCs, according to the UMMC.”
The Huffington Post: LIVESTRONG.COM: The Benefits of Grape Seed Extract
“The researchers think that the chemical in cranberries that might prevent cystitis is proanthocyanidin.”
Consumer Reports: Cranberry juice might not be so good for bladder infections
“Derek Stewart, from the Scottish Crop Research Institute says: We know from a range of studies that proanthocyanidin containing fruit like cranberries are great at reducing the incidence of urinary tract infections.”
“HAGERMAN, A.E. and BUTLER, L.G. (1981) The specificity of proanthocyanidin-protein interactions.”
“The substance responsible for this effect was identified in 1998 by a team of researchers in New Jersey as proanthocyanidin, a chemical related to tannin.”
“An aqueous extract of cinnamon that is rich in uniquely linked proanthocyanidin antioxidants.”
“Understanding which (and how) plant-derived phytochemicals, such as fruit-derived proanthocyanidin and anthocyanin compounds, modulate these cellular events may ultimately lead to the development of functional foods that reduce the risk of allergy-induced asthma and/or allergic conditions in general.”
“Aside from its great taste, cinnamon also has one of the highest antioxidant contents of the entire vegetable world, a property that is linked in large part to the spice's huge content of complex polyphenols called proanthocyanidin.”
“ Food Research study, led by Dr Roger Hurst, cells from lung tissue were used to test the effects on the immune system of a proanthocyanidin rich extract, from blackcurrant cultivars grown in New Zealand.”
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