Worsening of Oxidative Stress, DNA Damage, and Atherosclerotic Lesions in Aged LDLr-/- Mice after Consumption of Guarana Soft Drinks.
Layla Aparecida ChistéBeatriz Peters PereiraMarcella Leite PortoJairo Pinto de OliveiraArícia Leone Evangelista Monteiro de AssisBreno Valentim NogueiraSilvana Santos MeyrellesTadeu Uggere de AndradeManuel Campos-ToimilElisardo Corral VasquezBianca Prandi CampagnaroThiago Melo Costa PereiraPublished in: Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity (2019)
Chronic administration of GSD is prooxidative, compromising the cardiovascular, gastric, and hepatic systems; the effects are due at least in part to free sugar consumption but not to guarana extract per se.