Table 6.
Impact of chokeberry on antioxidant status in intervention studies.
| Number of Participants (n) (Women/Men) |
Characteristics of the Group | Type of Chokeberry Product | Dose of Chokeberry Product per Day | Time of Intervention (Weeks) | Changes in Diet | Results | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
n = 20 (20/0) |
Postmenopausal women withabdominal obesity (WC > 88 cm, age 45–65, BMI 36.1 kg/m2) | Chokeberry supplement (Nutrika d.o.o., Belgrade, Serbia), prepared from pure chokeberry juice enriched with 2 g of stable glucomannan fibers (Luralean, Shimizu, Japan) |
100 mL | 4 | No changes | GSH-Px↑, SOD↔, CAT↔ |
[72] |
|
n = 22 (13/9) |
Overweight (n = 11, mean age 51.9, BMI 25–30 kg/m2), healthy (n = 11, mean age 41.4, BMI 18–25 kg/m2) | Chokeberry juice (Aronia Alive Agriculture Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria) | 150 mL (50 mL—three times daily before meals) | 12 | nd | SOD↑ CAT↔ |
[104] |
|
n = 30 (11/19) |
Anemia: Hb < 110 g/L and hemodialysis >3 months, >3 times week (mean age 62.93, BMI 25.82 kg/m2) | Polyphenol-rich standardized chokeberry extract (EU-Chem Company, Belgrade, Serbia) | 30 mL | 4 | nd | CAT↑, reduced glutathione↑superoxide anion↓, radical↓, nitrite↓ hydrogen peroxide↔, SOD↔ |
[177] |
↑—increase, ↓—decrease, ↔—no changes, BMI—body mass index; CAT—catalase; GSH-Px—plasma glutathione peroxidase; Hb—hemoglobin; nd—no data; SOD—superoxide dismutase; WC—waist circumference.