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Study findings on life sciences are outlined in reports from H. Borochovneori and colleagues
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, January 11th, 2009
"Antioxidant activity and composition of Israeli-grown marula (Sclerocarrya birrea subsp. caffra) fruit juice and health-promoting aspects of juice consumption on serum lipids and lipoproteins pattern in healthy volunteers were studied. Marula juice was found to contain high vitamin C and potassium levels and low sugar concentration (267 mg dL(-1), 328 mg dL(-1), and 7.3 g dL(-1), respectively)," scientists writing in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry report.
"The juice contains a significant level of phenolics (56 mg of pyrogallol equiv dL(-1)) and was found to be a potent antioxidant (382 mg of vitamin C equiv dL(-1)). The antioxidant activity was...
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