PMID- 23324035
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140321
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1536-8386 (Electronic)
IS  - 1536-8386 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 Sep
TI  - Irrigation of Solanum lycopersicum L. with magnetically treated water increases 
      antioxidant properties of its tomato fruits.
PG  - 355-62
LID - 10.3109/15368378.2012.721847 [doi]
AB  - Antioxidant effects of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) have been studied and 
      an association between dietary intake of tomatoes and lowered risk of cancer, 
      neurodegenerative, and cardiovascular diseases has been suggested. Here we used 
      magnetically treated water (MTW; 0.03-0.15 T), which promotes better germination 
      and productivity in tomatoes, and we investigated the effects of aqueous and 
      ethanolic (10-400 mug/ml) extracts of S. lycopersicum as potential antioxidant 
      against 10 muM Fe(II)-induced thiobarbituric acid reactive species (TBARS) in 
      liver and brain homogenates from rats. The ethanolic extracts from magnetically 
      treated plants were more effective than aqueous extracts in preventing TBARS 
      formation in brain and liver. The protective effects of ethanolic extract can be 
      associated with antioxidants (polyphenols and flavonoids), lycopene and other 
      lipophilic components found in the extract. In effect, magnetically treated 
      plants had higher content of polyphenolic and flavonoid compounds than nontreated 
      plants and they can be a better source of antioxidants than nontreated plants. 
      Consequently, MTW can be used to produce functional foods with high contents of 
      antioxidant components and may have better beneficial health effects than 
      traditionally produced foods.
FAU - Dubois, A E Ferrer
AU  - Dubois AE
AD  - National Center of Applied Electromagnetism, University of Orient Ave, The 
      Americas s/n, Santiago of Cuba City, Cuba.
FAU - Leite, G O
AU  - Leite GO
FAU - Rocha, J B T
AU  - Rocha JB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20130116
PL  - England
TA  - Electromagn Biol Med
JT  - Electromagnetic biology and medicine
JID - 101133002
RN  - 0 (Antioxidants)
RN  - 0 (Plant Extracts)
RN  - 059QF0KO0R (Water)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antioxidants/*pharmacology
MH  - Brain/drug effects/metabolism
MH  - Fruit/*chemistry/drug effects
MH  - Germination/drug effects
MH  - Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects
MH  - Liver/drug effects/metabolism
MH  - Solanum lycopersicum/chemistry/*drug effects/physiology
MH  - *Magnetic Phenomena
MH  - Male
MH  - Plant Extracts/*pharmacology
MH  - Rats
MH  - Rats, Wistar
MH  - Water/*pharmacology
EDAT- 2013/01/18 06:00
MHDA- 2014/03/22 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/18 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/03/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/15368378.2012.721847 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Electromagn Biol Med. 2013 Sep;32(3):355-62. doi: 10.3109/15368378.2012.721847. 
      Epub 2013 Jan 16.