TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of acai pulp consumption on biometric parameters and inflammatory biomarkers (sCD40L, CCL5, TNF-a and CRP) in apparently healthy women.Design/methodology/approach Nutritional intervention was performed with women who consumed 200 g of acai pulp daily during 30 consecutive days. Firstly, they were divided into two groups: normal weight and overweight related to BMI. Then, such volunteers were subdivided into other two groups according to values below or above the median of sCD40L.Findings sCD40L (ρg/mL) concentrations increased in overweight volunteers post-consumption of acai (964 ± 542) compared with the same volunteers pre-consumption of acai (633 ± 187, p = 0.03), and the CCL5 concentrations (ρg/mL) decreased in volunteers with sCD40L concentrations below median after the treatment (4.1 ± 1.5) when compared in same volunteers before the treatment (5.8 ± 1.8, p = 0.02). Protein consumption (g) reduced in volunteers with sCD40L concentrations below median after the intervention (96.6 ± 44.5), when compared before the intervention (96.7 ± 33.8, p = 0.03).Originality/value This paper concluded that the acai consumption can modulate the inflammatory profile in both stratified volunteers according to the BMI and the sCD40L marker median.
VL  - 50
IS  - 1
SN  - 0034-6659
DO  - 10.1108/NFS-11-2018-0321
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-11-2018-0321
AU  - de Freitas Castro Thalles
AU  - Fátima Gomes Simone
AU  - Cacilda dos Santos Silva Fernanda
AU  - Pereira de Oliveira Fernando Luiz
AU  - Ferreira do Amaral Joana
AU  - Dória Ribeiro de Andrade Previato Helena
AU  - Nascimento de Freitas Renata
AU  - Pinheiro Volp Ana Carolina
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - The effect of acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) intake on the atherosclerosis inflammatory mediators (sCD40L e CCL5) in apparently healthy women
T2  - Nutrition & Food Science
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 216
EP  - 228
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -