Antioxidant Effects and Bioactive Constituents of Grape

A Concise Review: Antioxidant Effects and Bioactive Constituents of Grape
Aysun Çetin, Osman Sağdıç

Erciyes Tıp Dergisi (Erciyes Medical Journal) 2009;31(4):369-375

Grape (Vitis Vinifera), one of the most widely consumed fruit worldwide, contain many bioactive constituents including flavonoids, polyphenols, anthocyanins and stibene derivatives resveratrol. Scientific studies have shown that grape extracts especially grape seed and skin have biological and therapeutic effects such as antioxidative, anticarcinogenic, antimicrobial, antiviral, antiaging, antiinflammatory, antidiabetic activities as well as having cardioprotective, hepatoprotective and neuroprotective effects. These results confirm that grapes widely accepted as benefical for human health to treat and prevent from diseases. This review focuses on the bioactive components and antioxidative effects of grape.