Black Currant Extract Ribes Nigrum Anthocyanidins.

Contents

• Basic Botanical Data of Ribes nigrum .
• Ribes nigrum:Botanical Brief Description.
• Phytochemicals and Constituents of Ribes nigrum.
• Common Uses of Black Currant and its extracts.
• Recipes and how to use black currant.
• Contemporary Formulas and Study of Black Currant.
• HPLC Determination of the Composition and Stability of Blackcurrant Anthocyanins.
• Research Update:Blackcurrant or Ribes nigrum.

Contemporary Formulas and Study of Black Currant.:

Increasing cerebral performance with monoamine oxidase inhibitor or black currant juice; US Patent 5,262,162
 A saponin containing anti-inflammatory which contains omega 3 (flax) or omega 6 (borage, currant, canola) oils; US Patent 5,674,853
 Currant oil is one of the components of a complex mixture for bone or joint inflammation; US Patent 5,888,514

 Pharmacodynamics:

 Antioxidant activity to superoxide radicals was greater than expected based on the content of anthocyanins and polyphenols in the berries of Ribes, Rubus, and Vaccinium

 Tick-borne encephalitis virus was inactivated by aqueous extracts of ledum, motherwort, celandine, black currant, cowberry and bilberry and partially by St. John's wort, pot marigold, tansy, chamomile, milfoil, and inula.
 Hydroxylapatite dissolution by 8 drinks was greatest by orange and black currant

 Stearidonic acid (18:4 n-3), in some plant oils, inhibits platelet aggregation induced by thrombin, collagen, arachidonic acid or U46619 as potently as eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5 n-3)

 Total flavonoid extract from Ribes nigrum leaves was more effective at inhibiting biosynthesis and release of prostaglandins than the major components, rutin and isoquercitrin
 

 Animal Studies:

 Nerve conduction velocity reduction in streptozotocin-diabetic rats is alleviated by the GLA containing oils of black currant, borage, primrose, or fungus.Dines 1996

 Heart and liver plasma membrane content of linoleic and arachidonic acid, and a concomitant decrease of oleic acid, resulted from black currant oil diets, high in 18:2 (n-6), 18:3 (n-6), 18:3 (n-3).Baracca 1994
 Urate induced inflammation was reduced by black currant seed oil in the diet of rats.Tate 1994

 GLA rich oils (primrose, currant, borage, fungal) reduce blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Lack of effect by norepinephrine or verapamil indicates the benefit is not mediated by vasoconstrictor hormones or intracellular calcium.Engler 1993.
 Resistance to tick-borne encephalitis virus with fruit aqueous extracts of Vaccinium, Ribes and Celandine in mice.Fokina 1993
 Genetically obese rats supplemented with currant seed oil resulted in lower food intake and weight gain.Phinney 1993
 Liver microsome delta desaturase activities varied with age and dietary lipids, more by the black currant than by the borage diet, in rats.Ulmann 1991
 In vivo, vessel wall thrombogenicity was decreased in animals fed a black currant seed oil rich diet for 4 weeks.Bertomeu 1990
 Tumor burden in DMBA treated rats was highest in those fed a diet with 20% currant seed oil and lowest with menhaden oil.Bunce 1990

 Currant seed oil for 40 days increased dGLA (20:3 n-6) in liver lipids, while arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6) remained stable. Dietary n-3 fatty acids had been desaturated and elongated to longer chain analogues, notably 22:5 n-3 and 22:6 n-3.Crozier 1989.
 Leaf alcoholic extract inhibits carrageenan-induced rat paw oedema as well as indomethacin and niflumic acid.Declume 1989
 Blood filtrability improved 21% by black currant anthocyanosides in cynomologus monkeys on a fat diet for 3 months.Millet 1984

 Black Currant Legal Status:

 Ribes nigrum and R. americanum (Black Currant / Blackcurrant) are uncontrolled in the United States. This means all parts of the plant and its extracts are legal to cultivate, buy, possess, and distribute (sell, trade or give) without a license or prescription. If sold as a supplement, sales must conform to U.S. supplement laws. If sold for consumption as a food or drug, sales are regulated by the FDA.

Reference:

• 1.Black Currant Extract Ribes Nigrum Anthocyanidins.

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