Herbal Infusions As a Valuable Functional Food

Overview

Journal Nutrients

Date 2021 Nov 27

PMID 34836310

Citations 13

Authors

Elzbieta Studzinska-Sroka

Agnieszka Galanty

Anna Gosciniak

Mateusz Wieczorek

Magdalena Klaput

Marlena Dudek-Makuch

Judyta Cielecka-Piontek

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Abstract

Herbal infusions are an underestimated and easy to intake a source of biologically active natural compounds (polyphenols), which, in the dissolved form, are more easily absorbed. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the potential of herbal infusions as a functional food to reduce postprandial hyperglycemia (inhibition of α-amylase and α-glucosidase) and to reduce the effects of increased blood glucose level (antioxidant effect-DPPH, CUPRAC, and Fe chelating assays, as well as anti-inflammatory activity-inhibition of collagenase). We showed that polyphenols are present in the examined aqueous herbal infusions (including chlorogenic and gallic acids). Subsequently, our research has shown that herbal infusions containing cinnamon bark, mulberry leaves, and blackberry fruits most strongly inhibit glucose release from complex carbohydrates, and that all herbal infusions can, to different degrees, reduce the effects of elevated blood sugar. In conclusion, infusions prepared from herbal blends could be recommended to prevent type II diabetes.

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