tart cherry and Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

• Effects of Tart Cherry Juice on Biomarkers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Older Adults.

  • 2019-01-22
  • RCT · n = 37
  • Nutrients 11(2)
  • • Sheau C Chai
    • Kristina Davis
    • Zugui Zhang
    • Longying Zha
    • Kenneth F Kirschner

  • PubMed: 30678193
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu11020228

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  • Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Elderly

  tart cherry juice significantly increased the plasma levels of DNA repair activity of 8-oxoguanine glycosylase (p < 0.0001) and lowered (p = 0.03) the mean c-reactive protein (CRP) level compared to the control group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  480 mL/day

• The beneficial effect of tart cherry on plasma levels of inflammatory mediators (not recovery after exercise): A systematic review and meta-analysis on randomized clinical trials.

  • 2022-09
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Complementary therapies in medicine 68
  • • Ali Gholami
    • Bahareh Amirkalali
    • Hamid Reza Baradaran
    • Mitra Hariri

  • PubMed: 35653966
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102842

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  • Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

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  • Clinical

  TC had a significant decreasing effect on plasma CRP level compared with the comparison group (weighted mean differences (WMD) = -0.55 mg/L; 95% confidence interval (CI): -1.03, -0.06; p = 0.029)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes