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APPLE PEEL CONTAINS A MULTITUDE OF POTENT BIOACTIVES THAT PROMOTE HEALTH
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Feb 9, 2009
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There may be some truth to the old saying "An Apple Day Keeps the
Doctor Away." Numerous studies have confirmed that apples and dietary
phytochemicals in apples are associated with protective effects on a
number of diseases including diabetes, cancer, heart disease, asthma,
and Alzheimer's disease.
The reason may be the concentrated
source of health-promoting compounds found in the peel (skin). Cornell
researchers isolated over a dozen bioactive constituents from apple
peels that fall into the category of triterpenoids. Some of these had
never been described before. They also found that these compounds
either inhibited or killed cancer cells. Previous research had shown
the peel contains about 2-3 times more phytochemicals than the flesh.
Apples are known to contain other phytochemicals (hydroxycinnamic acids
derivatives, monomeric and oligomeric flavan-3-ols, flavonols, and
dihydrocalcones, catechin, quercetin, anthocyanins) that show potent
antioxidant activity. Cornell researchers applied for a patent to
develop a powdered form of apple peel that involves drying and grinding
apple peel from Idared, Rome Beauty, Cortland, and Golden Delicious
varieties that concentrates and protects these bioactive chemicals.
He X,
Liu RH. Triterpenoids isolated from apple peels have potent
antiproliferative activity and may be partially responsible for apple's
anticancer activity. J Agric Food Chem. 2007 May 30;55(11):4366-70.
Epub 2007 May 8.
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