Agrotechnology

Polyphenol antioxidants in American cranberry and their bioavailability in humans

4^th International Conference on Agriculture & Horticulture

July 13-15, 2015 Beijing, China

Yuegang Zuo

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Agrotechnol

Abstract:

The American cranberry is a prominent agricultural food crop produced in Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Michigan, Canada, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington. This Native American fruit has a long history of being beneficial for urinary tract infections. Recent studies have further indicated that cranberry fruits possess anti-bacterial, anti-cancer and anti-cardiovascular diseases properties among other beneficial effects. The phenolic compounds are believed to be the principal components responsible for these health effects of cranberry although the specific bioactive ingredients in vivo are unknown. In this presentation, the speaker will first report on the progress on the separation, identification and quantification of phenolic antioxidants in American cranberry using HPLC, HPLC-MS GC and GC-MS techniques, then further discuss the antioxidant, free-radical scavenger and anticancer capacity of phenolic compounds and final focus on the absorption and subsequent distribution, metabolism and excretion of phenolic antioxidants in human body.