The Antioxidant Phytochemical Properties of Acai- Learn more about the phytochemical properites of the acai berry. "The dense pigmentation of açaí has led to several experimental studies of itsanthocyanins, a group of polyphenols that give the deep color to fruits and vegetables and are high in antioxidant value..."

Total Oxidant Scavaging Capacities of Euterpe Oleracea Mart. (acai) Fruits- "The antioxidant capacities of all purple acai samples were found to be excellent against peroxyl radicals, good against peroxyl radicals, good against peroxynitrate radicals. The total oxygen scavenging capacity of the acai berry is very high..."

Antioxidant Capacity and Other Bioactivities of the Freeze Dried Amazon Palm Berry - "The fruit Euterpe Oleraceae, commonly known as acai, has been demonstrated to exhibit significantly high antioxidant capacity in vitro, especially for superoxide and peroxyl scavenging, and therefore, may have possible health benefits..."

Brazilian berry destroys cancer cells in lab, UF study shows - Published today in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the study showed "extracts from acai (ah-SAH’-ee) berries triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested, said Stephen Talcott, an assistant professor with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences..."

Phytochemical and Nutrient Composition of the Freeze-Dried Amazonian Palm Berry, Euterpe oleraceae Mart. (Acai) -  In this study, a standardized freeze-dried acai fruit pulp/skin powder was used for all analyses and tests. Amongmany findings, "anthocyanins (ACNs), proanthocyanidins (PACs), and other flavonoids were found tobe the major phytochemicals. Two ACNs, cyandin 3-glucoside and cyanidin 3-rutinoside were found to be predominant ACNs..."

Chart of Various Foods Comparing ORAC Values - Acai Berry is the ideal food supplement to assist us in maintaining health and wellbeing. No other fruit in existance has the ability to soak up free radicals as effectively as the acai berry. This ability to neutralize free radicals is called ORAC - Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity.

Anti-oxidant capacities of flavonoid compounds isolated from acai pulp (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) "Acai fruit (Euterpe oleracea Mart.) has been demonstrated to exhibit extremely high anti-oxidant capacity.Seven major flavonoids were isolated from freeze-dried acai pulp by various chromatographic methods..."