Vaccinium arctostaphylos explained
Vaccinium arctostaphylos or Caucasian whortleberry is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color. It is native to Western Asia (Iran and Turkey), the Caucasus (Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russia), and Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria). Cytology is 2n = 48.[1]
Medicinal effects
In a study on 50 hyperlipidaemic adult patients, an extract of the fruit of Vaccinium arctostaphylos was found to have beneficial effects on serum lipid profile and oxidative stress.[2] Each medicinal capsule contained 45 ± 2 mg of anthocyanins. The authors suggest that the effects may be due to the anthocyanin content of the fruit.
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Notes and References
- Redpath . Lauren E. . Aryal . Rishi . Lynch . Nathan . Spencer . Jessica A. . Hulse-Kemp . Amanda M. . Ballington . James R. . Green . Jaimie . Bassil . Nahla . Hummer . Kim . Ranney . Thomas . Ashrafi . Hamid . Nuclear DNA contents and ploidy levels of North American Vaccinium species and interspecific hybrids . Scientia Horticulturae . Elsevier BV . 297 . 2022 . 0304-4238 . 10.1016/j.scienta.2022.110955 . 110955. free .
- Soltani. Rasool. Hakimi, Mustafa . Asgary, Sedigheh . Ghanadian, Syed Mustafa . Keshvari, Mahtab . Sarrafzadegan, Nizal . Evaluation of the Effects of Vaccinium arctostaphylos L. Fruit Extract on Serum Lipids and hs-CRP Levels and Oxidative Stress in Adult Patients with Hyperlipidemia: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2014. 2014. 217451. 10.1155/2014/217451. 24587807. 3920853. free.
