Scientific Research On Acai

I’ve put together a collection of journal articles on acai.  One trick I’ll tell you that I learned when I worked in a physics lab in college – just read the abstract, that’s the only part that’ll make sense – everything else may as well be written in Greek.

1. Total Oxidant Scavenging Capacity of Euterpe oleracea Mart. (Acai) Seeds and Identification of Their Polyphenolic Compounds.
   Rodrigues RB, Lichtenthaler R, Zimmermann BF, Papagiannopoulos M, Fabricius H, Marx F, Maia JG, Almeida O. J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Jun 14;54(12):4162-7. Read the report online.
2. A pilot of audio computer-assisted self-interview for youth reproductive health research in Vietnam.
   Le LC, Blum RW, Magnani R, Hewett PC, Do HM. J Adolesc Health. 2006 Jun;38(6):740-7. Read the report online.
3. Acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) polyphenolics in their glycoside and aglycone forms induce apoptosis of HL-60 leukemia cells.
   Del Pozo-Insfran D, Percival SS, Talcott ST. J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Feb 22;54(4):1222-9. Read the report online.
4. Total oxidant scavenging capacities of Euterpe oleracea Mart. (Acai) fruits.
   Lichtenthaler R, Rodrigues RB, Maia JG, Papagiannopoulos M, Fabricius H, Marx F. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2005 Feb;56(1):53-64. Read the report online.
5. Antioxidant activity of dietary fruits, vegetables, and commercial frozen fruit pulps.
   Hassimotto NM, Genovese MI, Lajolo FM. J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Apr 20;53(8):2928-35. Read the report online.
6. Extra-column dispersion of macromolecular solutes in aqueous-phase size-exclusion chromatography.
   Grznarova G, Polakovic M, Acai P, Gorner T. J Chromatogr A. 2004 Jun 18;1040(1):33-43. Read the report online.
7. Euterpe Oleracea (Acai) as an alternative oral contrast agent in MRI of the gastrointestinal system: preliminary results.
   Cordova-Fraga T, de Araujo DB, Sanchez TA, Elias J Jr, Carneiro AA, Brandt-Oliveira R, Sosa M, Baffa O. Magn Reson Imaging. 2004 Apr;22(3):389-93. Read the report online.
8. The importance of interrupting angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor treatment before spinal anaesthesia–a controlled case report.
   Cozanitis DA. Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2004;29(1):16-8. Read the report online.
9. Phytochemical composition and pigment stability of Acai (Euterpe oleracea Mart.).
   Del Pozo-Insfran D, Brenes CH, Talcott ST. J Agric Food Chem. 2004 Mar 24;52(6):1539-45. Read the report online.
10. Experimental modelling of thermal inactivation of urease.
    Illeova V, Polakovic M, Stefuca V, Acai P, Juma M. J Biotechnol. 2003 Nov 6;105(3):235-43. Read the report online.
11. Characterization of the vls antigenic variation loci of the Lyme disease spirochaetes Borrelia garinii Ip90 and Borrelia afzelii ACAI.
    Wang D, Botkin DJ, Norris SJ. Mol Microbiol. 2003 Mar;47(5):1407-17. Read the report online.
12. Absence of correlation between amobarbital distribution as assessed with SPECT brain perfusion imaging and behavioral manifestations during the intracarotid amobarbital procedure (Wada test).
    Soucy JP, Rouleau I, Roy D, Robidoux J, Laflamme K, Laflamme L. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 1999 Feb;23(2):259-74. Read the report online.
13. Serum antibodies against Borrelia afzelii, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and the 41-kiloDalton flagellin in patients from a Lyme borreliosis endemic area: analysis by EIA and immunoblot.
    Nilsson I, von Rosen IA. APMIS. 1996 Dec;104(12):907-14. Read the report online.
14. Molecular analysis of a 66-kDa protein associated with the outer membrane of Lyme disease Borrelia.
    Bunikis J, Noppa L, Bergstrom S. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1995 Sep 1;131(2):139-45. Read the report online.
15. Transcriptional and translational regulation of the expression of the major outer surface proteins in Lyme disease Borrelia strains.
    Jonsson M, Bergstrom S. Microbiology. 1995 Jun;141 ( Pt 6):1321-9. Read the report online.
16. Heterogeneity of outer membrane proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi: comparison of osp operons of three isolates of different geographic origins.
    Jonsson M, Noppa L, Barbour AG, Bergstrom S. Infect Immun. 1992 May;60(5):1845-53. Read the report online.
17. Effects of ouabain on intracellular ion activities of sensory neurons of the leech central nervous system.
    Schlue WR. J Neurophysiol. 1991 Mar;65(3):736-46. Read the report online.
18. Intracellular sodium-calcium dissociation in early contractile failure in hypoxic ferret papillary muscles.
    Guarnieri T. J Physiol. 1987 Jul;388:449-65. Read the report online.
19. Intracellular Na+ and Ca2+ in leech Retzius neurones during inhibition of the Na+-K+ pump.
    Deitmer JW, Schlue WR. Pflugers Arch. 1983 May;397(3):195-201. Read the report online.