A Chilean Berry Concentrate Protects against Postprandial Oxidative Stress and Increases Plasma Antioxidant Activity in Healthy Humans

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Changes in the plasma antioxidant activity determined by means of DPPH method before and after the intake of three different meals. ■ Meal 1 (turkey burger + water); ● Meal 2 (turkey burger + 5% BPC 350 beverage); ▲ Meal 3 (turkey burger prepared with 6% BPC-350 + 5% BPC-350 beverage). Panel (a) shows the time profile of changes in DPPH antioxidant activity. Panel (b) shows the area under the curve of the time profiles, corresponding to the three different meals. Data were expressed as the mean ± SD. In Panel (a), shows significant differences for each time compared to Meal 1 (). In Panel (b), shows significant differences between meals ().

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