Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Cranberries are one of the fruits with the highest concentration of antioxidant compounds; being these, which are attributed a great nutraceutical potential, however, their content and antioxidant capacity depend on many factors, so when comparing the antioxidant activity in commercial juices from three different brands, a natural juice and two fresh cranberry extracts obtained by Soxhlet (methanol and water), the effect of this can be analyzed. The evaluation was carried out by DPPH, FRAP, total phenolic content, total flavonoid content, and anthocyanin content. The MeOH extract presented the highest values in all the methods. Although it was proven that cranberries do indeed contain a high content of antioxidant compounds, the method by which a juice is prepared is not effective enough to extract most of these; this indicates that the activity presented by commercial juices is not necessarily due to the compounds provided by the fruits.
Authors: Juan Pablo Ayala-Cid, Juan Alex Hernández-Rivera, Ivonne Pérez-Xochipa, Alan Carrasco-Carballo
Institution: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Language: English
Subfield: Biochemistry
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407673643