Three week dietary intervention using apricots, pomegranate juice or/and fermented sour sobya and impact on biomarkers of antioxidative activity, oxidative stress and erythrocytic glutathione transferase activity among adults

• Published in: Nutrition journal Vol. 15; no. 1; p. 52
• Main Authors: Gouda, Mostafa, Moustafa, Amr, Hussein, Laila, Hamza, Mohamed
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 12.05.2016; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Adult; adults; analysis of variance; antioxidant activity; Antioxidants - analysis; apricots; Ascorbic Acid - blood; Biological markers; biomarkers; Biomarkers - blood; Biomarkers - urine; blood; blood sampling; cost effectiveness; Creatinine - blood; Diet; Egypt; Erythrocytes - enzymology; ethics; excretion; Female; fermented foods; Fruit and Vegetable Juices; Fruit juices; fruits; functional foods; Glutathione transferase; Glutathione Transferase - blood; guidelines; Health aspects; health promotion; health status; Humans; juices; lactic acid bacteria; Lythraceae - chemistry; Male; Nutrition; Nutrition Assessment; Nutritional aspects; nutritional intervention; Oxidative Stress; polyphenols; Polyphenols - administration & dosage; Polyphenols - urine; pomegranates; Properties; Prunus armeniaca - chemistry; randomized clinical trials; Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances - analysis; thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances; urine; yeasts; Young Adult; Egypt; Oxidative stress; Antioxidative activity; Erythrocytic glutathione- S-transferase; Human trial; Sobya; Pomegranate juice

The beneficial effects of the polyphenol (PP) rich fruits and Lactic acid bacteria fermented foods had been reported as cost-effective strategies for health promotion. Randomized controlled trial was designed to test the hypothesis that daily intake of polyphenol rich pomegranate juice (PGJ) or/ and...