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Article: Antioxidants in South America: reviewing established and emerging antioxidants from South America that can help bolster any natural product formula.(VIEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA)
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- Nutraceuticals World
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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As one might expect, South America, by its sheer biodiversity alone, offers tremendous opportunities on the antioxidant front. Some of these antioxidants are well known staple ingredients to natural product formulators; others are new and exciting and just now being presented to the consumer. What follows is an overview of old and new antioxidant ingredients from South America.
Established Antioxidants
Acerola (Malpighi glabra): The Caribbean Cherry, as it is also known, has long been used as a rich and abundant natural source of vitamin C. Few products in the natural products industry have as much development invested in them as acerola. Acerola is now ...