"Anthocyanins are the coloured compounds largely found in nature, for which evidence indicates that their regular consumption offers several health benefits to human health, mainly due to their ability to reduce free radicals, reactive species, and pro-inflammatory markers. These abilities can counteract oxidative stress levels, avoid the development of inflammatory processes, and protect human organs and cell components against damage, and thus confer protection at distinct levels. Thus, anthocyanins’ structure, biochemistry, and encapsulation have been deeply studied in order to increase their use, stability, and consequent bioavailability and action. Until now, and although more in vivo and clinical trials are needed, evidence suggests that anthocyanins are promising candidates for the engineering of new pharmaceutical drugs, and can be used as an alternative or as an adjuvant therapy capable to attenuate or prevent the occurrence of many disorders."
Authors: Ana C Gonçalves 1, Ana R Nunes 1, Amílcar Falcão 2,3, Gilberto Alves 1, Luís R Silva 1,*
Editor: Noelia Duarte
Source: National Library of Medicine | PMC PubMed Central
Publication Date: July 18th 2021
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8308553/#sec7-pharmaceuticals-14-00690