Researchers compared how boiling, steaming, and microwaving impacted
the total flavonoid antioxidant levels of broccoli, and found that steaming had a minimal effect.
Not exact matches
These rich
flavonoids and
antioxidant components improves the blood flow in your body by relaxing the blood vessels, so your
total cardiovascular health will get boosted by this action.
Specifically quercetin is a
flavonoid antioxidant, and according to this review, onions contain 25 forms of
flavonoids in
total.
Unlike some other types of vegetables, sea vegetables do not appear to depend solely on common polyphenol
antioxidants (like
flavonoids) or terpenoid
antioxidants (like carotenoids) for their
total antioxidant capacity.
The ORAC
antioxidant food rating can not be easily measured, and it is the combination as well as the totality of the beneficial nutrients such as
flavonoids and polyphenols which give the
total score.
Recent studies have measured the
total phenolic content,
total flavonoid content, and anthocyanin content of raspberries harvested at varying stages of ripeness (from 50 % to 100 % maturity) and greatest overall
antioxidant benefits were associated with full ripeness of the berries.