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Antioxidants, present in both food and human bodies, are important due to their involvement on the diminish the free radicals’ levels. Possibilities to measure the antioxidant activities are indicated. Blueberries have high amounts of nutritional compounds as minerals, vitamins, fatty acids, dietary fibres, and different bioactive compounds as flavonoids and phenolic compounds.

The impact of antioxidants on diabetes, cardiovascular health and not only are underlines during the presentation.

Supplementary materials

• Kalt W, Cassidy A, Howard LR, Krikorian R, Stull AJ, Tremblay F, Zamora-Ros R., Recent Research on the Health Benefits of Blueberries and Their Anthocyanins. Adv Nutr. 2020 Mar 1;11(2):224-236. DOI: 10.1093/advances/nmz065.