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Antioxidant potential of juice (from açaí palm fruits, aka Açaí Berry) - excerpt from Wikipedia:

When three commercially available juice mixes containing unspecified percentages of açaí juice were compared for in vitro antioxidant capacity against red wine, tea, six types of pure fruit juice, and pomegranate juice, the average antioxidant capacity was ranked lower than that of pomegranate juice, Concord grape juice, blueberry juice, and red wine. The average was roughly equivalent to that of black cherry or cranberry juice, and was higher than that of orange juice, apple juice, and tea.

A study in 12 healthy fasted human volunteers demonstrated that blood antioxidant capacity was increased within two hours after consumption of a commercial açaí juice beverage or applesauce, but did not investigate any physiological effect of these supposed antioxidants. The generation of reactive oxygen species was not significantly affected by acai juice consumption.

Although açaí is notable for its potentially rich polyphenol content, the anthocyanins of this fruit likely have relevance to antioxidant capacity only in the plant's natural defensive mechanisms and in vitro. This reasoning applies because phenolic antioxidant properties of açaí are unlikely to be conserved after the fruit is consumed, as interpreted by the Linus Pauling Institute and European Food Safety Authority which state that dietary anthocyanins and other flavonoids have little or no direct antioxidant food value following digestion. Unlike controlled test tube conditions, the fate of anthocyanins in vivo shows they are poorly conserved (less than 5%), with most of what is absorbed existing as chemically-modified metabolites destined for rapid excretion.

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