A novel natural product blend exhibits synergestic antioxidant activity

Abstract

Oxidative stress plays an important role in the development of many chronic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases. Antioxidants from foods and dietary supplements help mitigate oxidative stress. The in vitro antioxidant activities of apple fruit, bergamot orange, turmeric root and rhizome, green tea leaf, grape seed, grape skin, olive leaf, blueberry, capsicum and mangosteen pericarp extracts were studied individually and in combinations against reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. F105, a unique mixture of these extracts displayed potent antioxidant synergy in these assays (Figure 1).