title: Edible berries: bioactive components and their effect on human health.
abstract: The importance of food consumption in relation to human health has increased consumer attention in nutraceutical components and foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Berries are a rich source of a wide variety of non-nutritive, nutritive, and bioactive compounds such as flavonoids, phenolics, anthocyanins, phenolic acids, stilbenes, and tannins, as well as nutritive compounds such as sugars, essential oils, carotenoids, vitamins, and minerals. Bioactive compounds from berries have potent antioxidant, anticancer, antimutagenic, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and antineurodegenerative properties, both in vitro and in vivo. The following is a comprehensive and critical review on nutritional and non-nutritional bioactive compounds of berries including their absorption, metabolism, and biological activity in relation to their potential effect on human health.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biotechnology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: nileshivraj@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shivraj Hariram
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Nile
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biotechnology, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: sewpark@konkuk.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Se Won
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016587:Antimutagenic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000032:analysis; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000032:analysis*; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry*; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D009822:Oils, Volatile / Q000032:analysis; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis*; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000032:analysis; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis; D014815:Vitamins / Q000032:analysis; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D016587:Antimutagenic Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D005419:Flavonoids; D009822:Oils, Volatile; D010636:Phenols; D013267:Stilbenes; D014131:Trace Elements; D014815:Vitamins; D055549:Volatile Organic Compounds; D002338:Carotenoids
keywords: Blackberries; Blueberries; Human health; Phytochemicals; Raspberries; Strawberries