Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 50, Issue 21, Pages 6217-6221Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf011412+
Keywords
procyanidins; plasma; total antioxidant activity; 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2 '-deoxyguanosine; human
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of supplementation with procyanidins from Vitis vinifera on markers of oxidative stress. Ten healthy volunteers received a daily dose of 110 mg of procyanidins for 30 days. Fasting venous blood samples were taken before and at the end of the supplementation period and after 7 days of wash-out. The total antioxidant activity and the plasma concentrations of a-tocopherol were not modified. Conversely, the levels of (x-tocopherol in red blood cell membranes increased significantly from 1.8 +/- 0.1 to 2.8 +/- 0.2 mg/g. Similarly, the lymphocyte oxidized DNA [8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine/2'-deoxyguanosine ratio] was reduced from 7.23 +/- 2.47 to 2.34 +/- 0.51, and the red blood cell membrane fatty acid composition shifted to a higher level of polyunsaturated fatty acids. On the basis of these results, it may be suggested that dietary procyanidins exert their antioxidant protection in vivo by sparing liposoluble vitamin E and reducing DNA oxidative damage.
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