The Aronia Berry (also known as the Chokeberry) is known for its dense content of polyphenols, especially anthocyanins. The total polyphenol and proanthocyanidin content are among the highest measured in plants to date.
Aronia Berries contain a high concentration of phenolic compounds (anthocyanins, procyanidins, hydroxycinnamic acids and flavonols).
The Aronia Berry has three varieties. Red chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia (Photinia pyrifolia); Black chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa (Photinia melanocarpa); and Purple chokeberry, Aronia prunifolia (Photinia floribunda).
Composition
Polyphenols
Healing Properties
Antiaging
The strongest antiaging properties of any berry.
Anticancer
Anti-Diabetic activity
Oral administration of aronia 100 mg/kg has the effect of decreasing the increase of blood glucose level and also has the protection effect of pancreas β cells.[1]
Antiinflammatory
Aronia berry extract significantly suppresses inflammatory cytokines.[2]
Antioxidant
Cardioprotective
Endothelial Health
Powerful inhibititor of vascular endothelial inflammation.[2:1]
Weight Loss
AJC supplementation has the potential to prevent weight gain and markers of obesity.[3]
Energy (Metabolism)
Aronia Berry Juice Concentrate supplementation had a significant effect on diet efficiency causing subjects to need less energy intake to maintain body processes (i.e. growth) and become more efficient at using the energy they consume.[3:1]
Glucose Regulation
Aronia Berry Juice Concentrate supplementation has been shown to increase adiponectin levels.
- Adiponectin (also referred to as GBP-28, apM1, AdipoQ and Acrp30) is a protein hormone which is involved in regulating glucose levels as well as fatty acid breakdown. In humans it is encoded by the ADIPOQ gene and it is produced in adipose tissue.
Disease / Symptom Treatment
Cancer
Type I Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes (T1D), an insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, is caused by damage and destruction of pancreatic β cells that produce insulin. It is a disease that is characterized by hyperglycemia and hypoinsulinemia.[1:1]
Insulin Resistance
Aronia Berry decreased risk factors associated with insulin resistance in rats fed a fructose-rich diet through modulation of multiple pathways associated with insulin signaling, adipogenesis and inflammation.[3:2]
Inflammation
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Aronia melanocarpa (Black Aronia Berry) fruit juice ameliorates the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.[4]
Colitis
The effects of taking Aronia Berry Juice were comparable or even higher than that of the Antiinflammatory drug sulfasalazine (works better than pharmaceutical drug).[4:1]
Obesity
Aronia Berry Juice Concentrate supplementation had a significant effect on preventing weight gain.
Title: The Effect of Aronia Berry on Type 1 Diabetes In Vivo and In Vitro
Publication: Journal of Medicinal Food
Date: 1 Mar 2018
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archive-mirror ↩︎ ↩︎Title: Polyphenol-rich Aronia Berry Extract Inhibits TNF-α-induced Vascular Endothelial Inflammation
Publication: Atherosclerosis
Date: June 2018
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archive-mirror ↩︎ ↩︎Title: Effect of Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry) supplementation on the development of obesity in mice fed a high-fat diet
Publication: Journal of Berry Research
Date: 16 June 2016
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archive-mirror ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎Title: Aronia melanocarpa fruit juice ameliorates the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease in TNBS-induced colitis in rats
Publication: Food and Chemical Toxicology
Date: March 2018
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