date:Dec 11, 2012
iles were selected. Extracts of the flesh and skin from each of these cultivars were assessed in laboratory cell-based assays for the apples' effect on important components of human inflammation.
The study results showed that apples with high levels of two families of compounds -the procyanidins and triterpenes - inhibited the activation of two molecules (NF-?B and TNFa), which known to play a role in inflammation and are key in inflammatory diseases, such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).