Elderberries: ''Powerful Antioxidants''
Elderberries are recognized for their dark blue and purplish appearance. The dark colour of these berries is attributed to their high content of polyphenol anthocyanin. This feature is important as it enables elderberries to survive periods of intense UV light radiation from the sun and for human there is a beneficial role as these berries serve an anti carcinogenic effect. Due to these features elderberries have been applied in medicine throughout North America, Europe, Western Asia and North Africa in order for health to be improve and to rise the life expectancy rate.
There are some characteristics that make elderberries distinctive. They have a high oxygen radical absorbance capacity, twice as much as compared to blueberry and cranberry. Additionally they contain a considerable amount of trace minerals and Vitamin C. The associated health benefits are brain health, improvement of immune coordination, protection of blood vessels and reduction of cancer propensity.
According to German studies the anthocyanins that elderberries contain enhance the production of immune cytokines which are key messengers in the immune system that aid in the defence of immune system towards the appearance of various diseases and regulation of immune response. Furthermore, elderberries contain an antiviral agent which is called antivirin which deactivates the hemagglutinin spikes thus viruses can not get inside the body and cause harm.
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