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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Antioxidant, Antithrombotic and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Amphiphilic Bioactives from Water Kefir Grains and Its Apple Pomace-Based Fermented Beverage.

Dimitra Papadopoulou, Vasiliki Chrysikopoulou, Aikaterini Rampaouni, Christos Plakidis, Anna Ofrydopoulou, Katie Shiels, Sushanta Kumar Saha, Alexandros Tsoupras

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Amphiphilic Bioactives of Freshwater Aquatic PlantsPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Dimitra PapadopoulouHephaestus, Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.
Vasiliki ChrysikopoulouHephaestus, Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.
Aikaterini RampaouniHephaestus, Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.
Christos PlakidisHephaestus, Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.ORCID 0009-0009-4052-5614
Anna OfrydopoulouHephaestus, Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3925-6284
Katie ShielsCentre for Applied Bioscience Research, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, Moylish Park, V94 E8YF Limerick, Ireland.
Sushanta Kumar SahaCentre for Applied Bioscience Research, Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest, Moylish Park, V94 E8YF Limerick, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-3981-8833
Alexandros TsouprasHephaestus, Laboratory, School of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, St Lukas, 65404 Kavala, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0837-9778

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kefir-based fermentation products exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects against oxidative stress, inflammation, platelet activation and aggregation, and other related manifestations, thereby preventing the onset and development of several chronic diseases. Specifically, water kefir, a symbiotic culture of various microorganisms used for the production of several bio-functional fermented products, has been proposed for its health-promoting properties. Thus, water kefir grains and its apple pomace-based fermentation beverage were studied for bioactive amphiphilic and lipophilic lipid compounds with antioxidant, antithrombotic, and anti-inflammatory properties. Total lipids (TL) were extracted and further separated into their total amphiphilic (TAC) and total lipophilic content (TLC), in which the total phenolic and carotenoid contents (TPC and TCC, respectively) and the fatty acid content of the polar lipids (PL) were quantified, while the antioxidant activity of both TAC and TLC were assessed in vitro, by the ABTS, DPPH, and FRAP bioassays, along with the anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic activity of TAC against human platelet aggregation induced by the thrombo-inflammatory mediator, platelet-activating factor (PAF) or standard platelet agonists like ADP.ATR-FTIR spectra facilitated the detection of specific structural, functional groups of phenolic, flavonoid, and carotenoid antioxidants, while LC-MS analysis revealed the presence of specific anti-inflammatory and antithrombotic PL bioactives bearing unsaturated fatty acids in their structures, with favorable omega-6 (

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anti-inflammatoryantioxidantantithromboticapple pomacebioactiveswater kefir beveragewater kefir grains

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PMID40002351
PMCPMC11851739

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