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SUBMITTER: Sambanthamurthi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4179496 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The British journal of nutrition 20110607 11
It is well established that plant phenolics elicit various biological activities, with positive effects on health. Palm oil production results in large volumes of aqueous by-products containing phenolics. In the present study, we describe the effects of oil palm phenolics (OPP) on several degenerative conditions using various animal models. OPP reduced blood pressure in a NO-deficient rat model, protected against ischaemia-induced cardiac arrhythmia in rats and reduced plaque formation in rabbit ...[more]