Itamar Medical, a company developing noninvasive diagnostic technology using the Peripheral Arterial Tone (PAT™) Signal, has announced the use of the company’s patented Endo-PAT2000 in the Carolinas HealthCare System’s study of the potential benefits of flavonoid supplementation on endothelial function.
The Endo-PAT2000 was used to measure participants’ endothelial function in a study designed to evaluate how [...]

The black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) has attracted scientific interest due to dark purple pigmentation that arises from dense contents of phenolic phytochemicals, especially anthocyanins.
Total anthocyanin content in chokeberries is 1480 mg per 100 g of fresh berries, and proanthocyanidin concentration is 664 mg per 100 g (Wu et al. 2004, 2006). The plant produces [...]