Antioxidant and neuroprotective properties of blueberry polyphenols: A critical review

Nutritional Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Giacalone, Marilù ^a   di Sacco, Filippo ^a   Traupe, Ippolito ^a   Topini, Roberto ^a   Forfori, Francesco ^a   Giunta, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Antioxidant; Cognitive functions; Inflammation; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

BLUEBERRY EXTRACT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POLYPHENOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGING; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLUEBERRY PLANT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS;

ANIMALIA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 79959823130     PISSN: 1028415X     EISSN: 14768305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1476830511Y.0000000007     Document Type: Article

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