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Polyphenol antioxidants in citrus juices: in vitro and in vivo studies relevant to heart diseaseJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, PA 18510 4626, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 505:113-22. 2002..Ascorbic acid alone in the dose provided by the juices was found to have the same effect on atherosclerosis. However, the polyphenols in the citrus..
Effect of selenium- and glutathione-enriched yeast supplementation on a combined atherosclerosis and diabetes hamster modelGabriel A Agbor
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510, USA
J Agric Food Chem 55:8731-6. 2007..The high selenium and low glutathione yeast was the best for improving selenium and glucose levels...
Nuts, especially walnuts, have both antioxidant quantity and efficacy and exhibit significant potential health benefitsJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510, USA
Food Funct 3:134-40. 2012..These qualities make nuts a nutritious healthy snack and food additive...
Phenol antioxidant quantity and quality in foods: beers and the effect of two types of beer on an animal model of atherosclerosisJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510 4626, USA
J Agric Food Chem 51:5528-33. 2003..4% alcohol control. The polyphenols in the beers appear to be responsible for the benefits of beer in this model. Lager beer inhibited atherosclerosis at a human equivalent dose in this hamster model of atherosclerosis...
Black and green teas equally inhibit diabetic cataracts in a streptozotocin-induced rat model of diabetesJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, Loyola Hall, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510 4626, USA
J Agric Food Chem 53:3710-3. 2005..Tea may be a simple, inexpensive means of preventing or retarding human diabetes and the ensuing complications. Tea also should be investigated as an adjunct therapy for diabetes treatment...
Effect of Aloe vera preparations on the human bioavailability of vitamins C and EJ A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, 18510 4626, USA
Phytomedicine 12:760-5. 2005..The absorption is slower and the vitamins last longer in the plasma with the Aloes. Aloe is the only known supplement to increase the absorption of both of these vitamins and should be considered as a complement to them...
Green and black teas inhibit atherosclerosis by lipid, antioxidant, and fibrinolytic mechanismsJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510 4626, USA
J Agric Food Chem 52:3661-5. 2004..Green and black teas were equally effective at human equivalent doses, thus confirming human intervention and epidemiology studies and providing mechanisms for teas' benefit...
Chocolate is a powerful ex vivo and in vivo antioxidant, an antiatherosclerotic agent in an animal model, and a significant contributor to antioxidants in the European and American DietsJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, Loyola Hall, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510, USA
J Agric Food Chem 54:8071-6. 2006..Chocolate has thus been shown to have potential beneficial effects with respect to heart disease...
So many choices, so what's a consumer to do?: A commentary on "Effect of chromium niacinate and chromium picolinate supplementation on lipid peroxidation, TNF-alpha, IL-6, CRP, glycated hemoglobin, triglycerides, and cholesterol levels in blood of stJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, Loyola Hall, The University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510, USA
Free Radic Biol Med 43:1121-3. 2007
Cranberries and cranberry products: powerful in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo sources of antioxidantsJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510, USA
J Agric Food Chem 56:5884-91. 2008..Cranberries are an excellent source of high quality antioxidants and should be examined in human supplementation studies...
Black and green tea and heart disease: a reviewJ A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, PA 18510, USA
Biofactors 13:127-32. 2000..The comparative benefits of green vs. black tea will be considered. Articles published through December, 1999 will be included...
Effect of green and black tea supplementation on lipids, lipid oxidation and fibrinogen in the hamster: mechanisms for the epidemiological benefits of tea drinkingJ A Vinson
Chemistry Department, University of Scranton, PA 18510, USA
FEBS Lett 433:44-6. 1998..These results show in the hamster model that black and green tea improve the risk factors for heart disease by both hypolipemic and antioxidant mechanisms and possibly a fibrinolytic effect...
Beneficial effects of a novel IH636 grape seed proanthocyanidin extract and a niacin-bound chromium in a hamster atherosclerosis modelJ A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510 4626, USA
Mol Cell Biochem 240:99-103. 2002..This data demonstrates that GSPE and NBC may provide significant health benefits by dramatically ameliorating the incidence of atherosclerosis as demonstrated by reducing the formation of foam cells...
Phenol antioxidant quantity and quality in foods: fruitsJ A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510 4626, USA
J Agric Food Chem 49:5315-21. 2001..The average per capita consumption of fruit phenols in the U.S. is estimated to be 255 mg/day of catechin equivalents...
Red wine, dealcoholized red wine, and especially grape juice, inhibit atherosclerosis in a hamster modelJ A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Linden and Monroe Streets, 18510-4626, Scranton, PA, USA
Atherosclerosis 156:67-72. 2001..Grape juice or non-alcoholic red wine are an excellent alternative to red wine in this model of atherosclerosis...
Determination of quantity and quality of polyphenol antioxidants in foods and beveragesJ A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510, USA
Methods Enzymol 335:103-14. 2001..Supplementation and epidemiology studies can utilize the rapid and inexpensive affinity column isolation method of lower density lipoproteins for the determination of lipoprotein oxidative susceptibility...
Dried fruits: excellent in vitro and in vivo antioxidantsJoe A Vinson
Chemistry Department, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 24:44-50. 2005....
In vitro antioxidant activity of three Piper speciesGabriel A Agbor
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, 18510, USA
J Herb Pharmacother 7:49-64. 2007..4-0.6 reducing power and an 88.3-93.9% metal chelating activity at a dose level of 8 mg/ml of extract. Thus, these Piper species can play a role in the modulation of free radical induced disorders...
Comparative bioavailability of mineral-enriched gluconates and yeast in rat liver after depletion-repletion feedingJoe A Vinson
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510, USA
Biol Trace Elem Res 118:104-10. 2007..It was demonstrated that Zn-enriched yeast was 3.7 times more bioavailable than the Zn gluconate and that Cu-enriched yeast was 1.4 times more bioavailable than the Cu gluconate...
Antioxidant capacity of some herbs/spices from cameroon: a comparative study of two methodsGabriel A Agbor
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510, USA
J Agric Food Chem 53:6819-24. 2005..Thus, the antioxidant capacity of plant samples determined by different methods should be interpreted with caution. However, irrespective of the assay method used, the samples were rich in antioxidants...
Antioxidant activities and antitumor screening of extracts from cranberry fruit (Vaccinium macrocarpon)Xiaojun Yan
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747, USA
J Agric Food Chem 50:5844-9. 2002..Most of the flavonol glycosides showed antioxidant activity comparable or superior to that of vitamin E; cyanidin 3-galactoside showed activity superior to that of the flavonoids as well as vitamin E or Trolox in both antioxidant assays...
Molecular mechanisms of cardioprotection by a novel grape seed proanthocyanidin extractDebasis Bagchi
Department of Pharmacy Sciences, Medical Center, School of Pharmacy and Creighton University Health Professions, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
Mutat Res 523:87-97. 2003..These results demonstrate that GSPE may serve as a potential therapeutic tool in promoting cardiovascular health via a number of novel mechanisms...
Berry anthocyanins as novel antioxidants in human health and disease preventionShirley Zafra Stone
Research and Development Department, InterHealth Research Center, Benicia, CA, USA
Mol Nutr Food Res 51:675-83. 2007..Overall, berry anthocyanins trigger genetic signaling in promoting human health and disease prevention...
Coffee and cirrhosis: active ingredients?Joe A Vinson
Arch Intern Med 166:2404-5; author reply 2405. 2006
Caffeine and incident hypertension in womenJoe A Vinson
JAMA 295:2135; author reply 2137. 2006
A 6-month randomized pilot study of black tea and cardiovascular risk factorsKenneth J Mukamal
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02446, USA
Am Heart J 154:724.e1-6. 2007..The effects of black tea consumption on cardiovascular risk factors have been inconsistent in previous randomized trials, all of which have been limited to a few weeks duration...
