Lime and atherosclerosis - Boshtam, Maryam
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Citrus is a family of fruits whose peels and juices contain high amounts of various biofunctional nutrients like flavonoids, carotenoids, and ascorbic acid. Lime fruit as a member of this family has been known as a typical healthy food for a long time, but its antioxidant-rich peel is wasted and only lime juice is consumed. In this project, using an animal model, it was found that fresh juice and peel of lime fruit prevents atherosclerosis progression, and surprisingly lime peel has a direct effect on atherosclerosis while its juice has an inverted U-shaped effect. Moreover, the mechanism of the observed effect was studied in this project.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Citrus is a family of fruits whose peels and juices contain high amounts of various biofunctional nutrients like flavonoids, carotenoids, and ascorbic acid. Lime fruit as a member of this family has been known as a typical healthy food for a long time, but its antioxidant-rich peel is wasted and only lime juice is consumed. In this project, using an animal model, it was found that fresh juice and peel of lime fruit prevents atherosclerosis progression, and surprisingly lime peel has a direct effect on atherosclerosis while its juice has an inverted U-shaped effect. Moreover, the mechanism of the observed effect was studied in this project.
Autorenporträt
Maryam Boshtam, nacida en 1970, se doctoró en Biología Celular y Molecular en el Instituto de Investigación Cardiovascular de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Isfahan (Irán). Es investigadora principal en el campo de las enfermedades coronarias. Ha realizado varios estudios epidemiológicos y de ciencias básicas durante más de 23 años.