date:Dec 11, 2012
Apples can be beneficial for people suffering from inflammatory diseases, according to a new study conducted by scientists at Plant Food Research, a New Zealand-based science company.
For the study, the scientists evaluated the concentrations of 27 compounds believed to be beneficial to health in 109 different cultivars of apple - 94 from the Plant Food Research germplasm collection and 15 grown in Luxembourg.
From the collection, five cultivars that represented the extremes of chemical prof