Introduction. Consumption of unripe grape juice (verjuice) has been portrayed by the traditional belief, as a means of combating dyslipidemia. We aimed to evaluate the effects of unripe grape juice consumption on lipid profile in healthy human volunteers. Methods. We asked 42 enrolled volunteers to drink 10 cc of verjuice within 30 minutes to 2 hours after lunch and 10 cc of it after dinner. Af...

since many years it has been a general belief in iranian traditional medicine that unripe grape juice (verjuice) has lipid-lowering effect. this study was designed to test this hypothesis. fifty rabbits were selected and divided into 5 groups with 10 rabbits in each. group 1 had no supplemental diet. group 2 were fed 10 ml egg yolk daily and group 3 were fed 10 ml egg yolk plus 20 ml verjuice d...

Background: Hyperlipidemia and especially hypercholesterolemia is a known risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. There are several types of drugs with different side effects, to lower blood lipid levels. Statins are the most commonly used drugs for treating high LDL cholesterol level. Apple cider vinegar and verjuice as old folk remedies claimed to have been beneficial in treat...

Background and Objectives. Presence of excessive nitrite and nitrate in foodstuff can have toxic and carcinogenic effects on humans. This study is aimed at measuring nitrate and nitrite in different foodstuffs available in Arak city market, Iran, in 2013. Methods. Totally 323 samples including stew (102 samples), beverage (116 samples), fruit (55 samples), and vegetables (50 samples) were rando...

Unripe grapes (UGs) are a waste product of grapevine cultivation and an emerging source several compounds, such as organic acids, phenolic vitamins mineral salts, great economic importance to the pharmaceutical, cosmetic food industries. Traditionally, products made from UGs, verjuice sour grape sauces, have been used seasoning or acidifying agents. The health effects compounds described anti-i...

The production of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, as well adipocyte differentiation fat accumulation in the 3T3-L1 mouse embryo fibroblast cell line human monocytic THP-1 were measured to determine antiadipogenic effects ethanolic extracts verjuice (unripe grape juice (Vitis vinifera L.)), Salvia officinalis L., Alchemilla vulgaris L. On both lines, three had much greater cyto...

Koruk, olgunlaşmamış üzümlere verilen isim olup, üzümlerin sıkılmasıyla elde edilen suya koruk suyu veya ekşisi denir. Koruk ekşileri, suyunun çeşitli işlemlerden geçirilmesiyle edilir ve üretiminde standart bir üretim yöntemi bulunmamaktadır. Bu çalışmada aynı zamanda hasat yabani (Vitis vinifera) suları çıkarılıp beş farklı geleneksel yöntemle ekşileri üretilmiş ekşilerin bazı kalite özellikl...