Novel insights in health-promoting properties of sweet cherries

Maria Felicia Faienza; Filomena Corbo; Alessia Carocci; Alessia Catalano; Maria Lisa Clodoveo; Maria Grano; David Q.-H. Wang; Gabriele D'Amato; Marilena Muraglia; Carlo Franchini; Giacomina Brunetti; Piero Portincasa

Journal of Functional Foods (Jun 2020)

Novel insights in health-promoting properties of sweet cherries

Maria Felicia Faienza,
Filomena Corbo,
Alessia Carocci,
Alessia Catalano,
Maria Lisa Clodoveo,
Maria Grano,
David Q.-H. Wang,
Gabriele D'Amato,
Marilena Muraglia,
Carlo Franchini,
Giacomina Brunetti,
Piero Portincasa

Affiliations

Maria Felicia Faienza: Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Paediatric Section, University of Bari “A. Moro”, Bari, Italy
Filomena Corbo: Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy; Corresponding author at: Department of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University “Aldo Moro” Bari, Via E. Orabona, 4, I-70125 Bari, Italy.
Alessia Carocci: Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
Alessia Catalano: Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
Maria Lisa Clodoveo: Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari “A. Moro”, Bari, Italy
Maria Grano: Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
David Q.-H. Wang: Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Marion Bessin Liver Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Gabriele D'Amato: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Di Venere Hospital Bari, Italy
Marilena Muraglia: Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
Carlo Franchini: Department of Pharmacy-Drug Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy
Giacomina Brunetti: Department of Basic and Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, section of Human Anatomy and Histology, University of Bari “A. Moro”, Bari, Italy
Piero Portincasa: Clinica Medica “A. Murri”, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, Paediatric Section, University of Bari “A. Moro”, Bari, Italy

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 69
p. 103945

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Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is one of the most popular and appreciated temperate fruit not only for its sensory and nutritional properties, but also for its content in bioactive compounds. Consumption of sweet cherries brings beneficial effects on to health, which include prevention and modulatory effects in several chronic diseases such as (diabetes mellitus, cancer, cardiovascular and other inflammatory diseases). The presence of natural polyphenolic compounds with high antioxidant potential might drive and partly explain such beneficial effects, but more translational and clinical studies should address this topic. Here, we review the health-promoting properties of cherries and their bioactive compounds against human diseases.

Published in Journal of Functional Foods

ISSN: 1756-4646 (Print); 2214-9414 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Home economics: Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-functional-foods

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