date:Jul 12, 2012
DNA damage in 18 male volunteers was reduced from 12.5 to 9.6% following daily consumption of an anthocyanin-rich blueberry juice for six weeks, according to findings published in theEuropean Journal of Nutrition.
Under our experimental conditions, the wild blueberry drink reduced the level of oxidized DNA bases and increased the protection from the ex vivo [hydrogen peroxide] H2O2-induced DNA damage,wrote researchers from Universita degli Studi di Milano (Italy) and The University of Maine (