Scientific Research

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) funds research studies that are grounded in sound science, use rigorous methodology, and are conducted by autonomous researchers at well-established institutions. All published research is submitted to peer-reviewed journals by the researcher, independent of the USHBC.

Explore the full overview of research specifically funded by the USHBC, and examine the full body of evidence on blueberry science by browsing the research topics below.

Antioxidant and neuroprotective properties of blueberry polyphenols: a critical review

Marilù Giacalone, Filippo Di Sacco, Ippolito Traupe, Roberto Topini, Francesco Forfori, Francesco Giunta
Nutr Neurosci . 2011 May;14(3):119-25.
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Separation, characterization and quantification of phenolic compounds in blueberries and red and black currants by HPLC-DAD-ESI-MSn

Verka Gavrilova, Marina Kajdzanoska, Viktor Gjamovski, Marina Stefova
J Agric Food Chem . 2011 Apr 27;59(8):4009-18. doi: 10.1021/jf104565y.
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Comparison of anthocyanins and phenolics in organically and conventionally grown blueberries in selected cultivars

You, Qi, Wang, Baowu, Chen, Feng, Huang, Zhiliang, Wang, Xi, Luo, Pengju G.
Food chemistry, v. 125,.1 pp. 201-208. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.08.063
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Comparison of metabolic profiling of cyanidin-3-O-galactoside and extracts from blueberry in aged mice

Hongpeng Yang, Wei Pang, Hao Lu, Daomei Cheng, Xianzhong Yan, Yiyong Cheng, Yugang Jiang
J Agric Food Chem . 2011 Mar 9;59(5):2069-76.
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Antibacterial activities of blueberry and muscadine phenolic extracts

Yoen Ju Park, Ronita Biswas, Robert Dixon Phillips, Jinru Chen
J Food Sci . 2011 Mar;76(2):M101-5.
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Short-term blueberry-enriched diet prevents and reverses object recognition memory loss in aging rats

David H Malin, David R Lee, Pilar Goyarzu, Yu-Hsuan Chang, Lalanya J Ennis, Elizabeth Beckett, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, James A Joseph
Malin DH, Lee DR, Goyarzu P, Chang YH, Ennis LJ, Beckett E, Shukitt-Hale B, Joseph JA. Short-term blueberry-enriched diet prevents and reverses object recognition memory loss in aging rats. Nutrition. 2011 Mar;27(3):338-42.
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Effects of blueberries on migration, invasion, proliferation, the cell cycle and apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Wei Zhan, Xin Liao, Lei Yu, Tian Tian, Xing Liu, Jing Liu, Li-Jun Cai, Xuan Xiao, Ru-Jia Xie, Qin Yang
Biomed Rep . 2016 Nov;5(5):579-584.
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Bioactives in blueberries improve insulin sensitivity in obese, insulin-resistant men and women

April J Stull, Katherine C Cash, William D Johnson, Catherine M Champagne, William T Cefalu
J Nutr . 2010 Oct;140(10):1764-8.
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Differential protection among fractionated blueberry polyphenolic families against DA-, Abeta(42)- and LPS-induced decrements in Ca(2+) buffering in primary hippocampal cells

James A Joseph, Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Gregory J Brewer, Karen A Weikel, Wilhelmina Kalt, Derek R Fisher
J Agric Food Chem . 2010 Jul 28;58(14):8196-204.
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Protective effect of enzymatic hydrolysates from highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) against hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative damage in Chinese hamster lung fibroblast cell line

Mahinda Senevirathne, Soo-Hyun Kim, You-Jin Jeon
Nutr Res Pract . 2010 Jun;4(3):183-90.
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