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Antioxidant effect of polyphenols and natural phenols

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Blackberries are a source of polyphenols.

A polyphenol antioxidant is a hypothesized type of antioxidant studied in vitro. Numbering over 4,000 distinct chemical structures mostly from plants, such polyphenols have not been demonstrated to be antioxidants in vivo.[1][2][3]

In vitro at high experimental doses, polyphenols may affect cell-to-cell signaling, receptor sensitivity, inflammatory enzyme activity or gene regulation.[3][4] None of these hypothetical effects has been confirmed in humans by high-quality clinical research, as of 2020.[1]

Sources of polyphenols

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The main source of polyphenols is dietary, since they are found in a wide array of phytochemical-bearing foods. For example, honey; most legumes; fruits such as apples, blackberries, blueberries, cantaloupe, pomegranate, cherries, cranberries, grapes, pears, plums, raspberries, aronia berries, and strawberries (berries in general have high polyphenol content[5]) and vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, celery, onion and parsley are rich in polyphenols. Red wine, chocolate, black tea, white tea, green tea, olive oil and many grains are sources.[1] Ingestion of polyphenols occurs by consuming a wide array of plant foods.[1]

Biochemical theory

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The regulation theory considers a polyphenolic ability to scavenge free radicals and up-regulate certain metal chelation reactions.[1] Various reactive oxygen species, such as singlet oxygen, peroxynitrite and hydrogen peroxide, must be continually removed from cells to maintain healthy metabolic function. Diminishing the concentrations of reactive oxygen species can have several benefits possibly associated with ion transport systems and so may affect redox signaling.[1] There is no substantial evidence, however, that dietary polyphenols have an antioxidant effect in vivo.[1][6]

The “deactivation” of oxidant species by polyphenolic antioxidants (POH) is based, with regard to food systems that are deteriorated by peroxyl radicals (R•), on the donation of hydrogen, which interrupts chain reactions:

R• + PhOH → R-H + PhO•

Phenoxyl radicals (PO•) generated according to this reaction may be stabilized through resonance and/or intramolecular hydrogen bonding, as proposed for quercetin, or combine to yield dimerisation products, thus terminating the chain reaction:

PhO• + PhO•→ PhO-OPh [7]

Potential biological consequences

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A macrophage stretching its arms to engulf two particles. Reactive oxygen species promote oxidized LDL.

Consuming dietary polyphenols have been evaluated for biological activity in vitro, but there is no evidence from high-quality clinical research as of 2015 that they have effects in vivo.[1] Preliminary research has been conducted and regulatory status was reviewed in 2009 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with no recommended intake values established, indicating absence of proof for nutritional value.[6] Other possible effects may result from consumption of foods rich in polyphenols, but are not yet proved scientifically in humans; accordingly, health claims on food labels are not allowed by the FDA.[6]

Difficulty in analyzing effects of specific chemicals

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Grapes contain certain polyphenol compounds, although none has been shown to be an antioxidant in vivo.

It is difficult to evaluate the physiological effects of specific natural phenolic antioxidants, since such a large number of individual compounds may occur even in a single food and their fate in vivo cannot be measured.[1][6][8]

Other more detailed chemical research has elucidated the difficulty of isolating individual phenolics. Because significant variation in phenolic content occurs among various brands of tea, there are possible[9] inconsistencies among epidemiological studies implying beneficial health effects of phenolic antioxidants of green tea blends. The Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) test is a laboratory indicator of antioxidant potential in foods and dietary supplements. However, ORAC results cannot be confirmed to be physiologically applicable and have been designated as unreliable.[3][10]

Practical aspects of dietary polyphenols

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Cocoa is the prime ingredient of chocolate, a source of polyphenols.

There is debate regarding the total body absorption of dietary intake of polyphenolic compounds. While some indicate potential health effects of certain specific polyphenols, most studies demonstrate low bioavailability and rapid excretion of polyphenols, indicating their potential roles only in small concentrations in vivo.[1][2][3][4] More research is needed to understand the interactions between a variety of these chemicals acting in concert within the human body.[1]

Topical application of polyphenols

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There is no substantial evidence that reactive oxygen species play a role in the process of skin aging.[11] The skin is exposed to various exogenous sources of oxidative stress, including ultraviolet radiation whose spectral components may be responsible for the extrinsic type of skin aging, sometimes termed photoaging. Controlled long-term studies on the efficacy of low molecular weight antioxidants in the prevention or treatment of skin aging in humans are absent.

Combination of antioxidants in vitro

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Experiments on linoleic acid subjected to 2,2′-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride-induced oxidation with different combinations of phenolics show that binary mixtures can lead to either a synergetic effect or to an antagonistic effect.[12]

Antioxidant levels of purified anthocyanin extracts were much higher than expected from anthocyanin content indicating synergistic effect of anthocyanin mixtures.[13]

Antioxidant capacity tests

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b Williams RJ, Spencer JP, Rice-Evans C (April 2004). "Flavonoids: antioxidants or signalling molecules?". Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 36 (7): 838–49. doi:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.01.001. PMID 15019969.
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  7. ^ Bors, Wolf; Heller, Werner; Michel, Christa; Saran, Manfred (1990). "[36] Flavonoids as antioxidants: Determination of radical-scavenging efficiencies". Oxygen Radicals in Biological Systems Part B: Oxygen Radicals and Antioxidants. Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 186. pp. 343–55. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(90)86128-I. ISBN 978-0121820879. PMID 2172711.
  8. ^ Carocho, M; Ferreira, IC (January 2013). "A review on antioxidants, prooxidants and related controversy: natural and synthetic compounds, screening and analysis methodologies and future perspectives". Food and Chemical Toxicology. 51: 15–25. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2012.09.021. hdl:10198/8534. PMID 23017782.
  9. ^ C. Fajardo-Lirai, S. M. Henning, H. W. Lee, V. L. W. Go, and D. Heber,. Department Family Environmental Sciences/Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Science, California State University, Northridge and, UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, Session 46C, 2002 Annual meeting of Food Expo, Anaheim, Ca
  10. ^ a b "Withdrawn: Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) of Selected Foods, Release 2 (2010)". United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  11. ^ Podda M, Grundmann-Kollmann M (October 2001). "Low molecular weight antioxidants and their role in skin ageing". Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 26 (7): 578–82. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2230.2001.00902.x. PMID 11696061. S2CID 19659324.
  12. ^ Peyrat-Maillard, M. N.; Cuvelier, M. E.; Berset, C. (2003). "Antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds in 2,2′-azobis (2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH)-induced oxidation: Synergistic and antagonistic effects". Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. 80 (10): 1007. doi:10.1007/s11746-003-0812-z. S2CID 86810404.
  13. ^ Stintzing, Florian C.; Stintzing, Angela S.; Carle, Reinhold; Frei, Balz; Wrolstad, Ronald E. (2002). "Color and Antioxidant Properties of Cyanidin-Based Anthocyanin Pigments". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 50 (21): 6172–81. doi:10.1021/jf0204811. PMID 12358498.
  14. ^ Dvorakova, Marketa; Moreira, Manuela M.; Dostalek, Pavel; Skulilova, Zuzana; Guido, Luís F.; Barros, Aquiles A. (2008). "Characterization of monomeric and oligomeric flavan-3-ols from barley and malt by liquid chromatography–ultraviolet detection–electrospray ionization mass spectrometry". Journal of Chromatography A. 1189 (1–2): 398–405. doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2007.10.080. PMID 18035361.
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