Some Apples Better At Keeping Doc Away
Red Delicious,
Northern Spy and Ida Red apples might do a better job of keeping the doctor
away than other apples, according to Canadian researchers.
Rong Tsao of
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in Guelph, Ontario, pinpointed the individual
chemical compounds responsible for antioxidant activity in apples. The
findings, published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, could
lead to the breeding of hybrid apples that pack a heftier antioxidant punch
-- chemicals that scavenge and neutralize unstable molecules called free
radicals.
Free radicals
appear to play a role in the onset of heart disease and prostate, colon
and other cancers.
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