Nutraceutical Activity of Anthocyanins from the Edible Berries of Rhamnus pompana

Nutraceutical Activity of Anthocyanins from the Edible Berries of Rhamnus pompana

Front Cover. The berries of Rhamnus pompana are a traditionally consumed by people of the northeastern highlands of Puebla-Mexico as a result of Nahuatl inheritance. These fruits contained five anthocyanins with the capacity to reduce the levels of plasma glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides in mice. Same compounds were able to decrease the specific activity of key enzymes including human ornithine decarboxylase and avoided polyamine accumulation in DLD-1 cancer cells, as reported by Y. Pechaeco-Hernández et al. in their research article at 10.1002/cbdv.202301034.