| Literature DB >> 25529672 |
Beatriz Sarriá1, Sara Martínez-López2, José Luis Sierra-Cinos3, Luis Garcia-Diz3, Luis Goya2, Raquel Mateos2, Laura Bravo2.
Abstract
Cocoa manufacturers are producing novel products increasing polyphenols, methylxanthines or dietary fibre to improve purported health benefits. We attempt to explain the contribution of cocoa bioactive compounds to cardiovascular effects observed in previous studies, placing particular emphasis on methylxanthines. We focused on a soluble cocoa product rich in dietary fibre (DFCP) and a product rich in polyphenols (PPCP). Effects of regularly consuming DFCP (providing daily 10.17 g, 43.8 mg and 168.6 mg of total-dietary-fibre, flavanols and methylxanthines, respectively) as well as PPCP (providing daily 3.74 g, 45.3 mg and 109.8 mg of total-dietary-fibre, flavanols and methylxanthines, respectively) on cardiovascular health were assessed in two controlled, cross-over studies in free-living normocholesterolemic and moderately hypercholesterolemic subjects. Both products increased HDL-cholesterol concentrations, whereas only DFCP decreased glucose and IL-1β levels in all subjects. Flavanols appeared to be responsible for the increase in HDL-cholesterol, whereas insoluble-dietary-fibre and theobromine in DFCP were associated with the hypoglycemic and anti-inflammatory effects observed.Entities:
Keywords: (−) Catechin (PubChem CID: 73160); (−) Epicatechin (PubChem CID: 72276); Caffeine (Methyltheobromine, PubChem CID: 2519); Cardiovascular health; Dietary fibre; Hypoglycemic; Inflammation; Methylxanthines; Polyphenols; Procyanidin B1 (PubChem CID: 11250133); Procyanidin B2 (PubChem CID: 122738); Soluble cocoa products; Theobromine (3-7 Dimethylxanthine, PubChem CID: 5429); Theophylline (1,3-dimethylxanthine, PubChem CID: 2153)
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Year: 2014 PMID： 25529672 DOI： 10.1016/j.foodchem.2014.11.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Food Chem ISSN： 0308-8146 Impact factor: 7.514