Biosafety and antioxidant effects of a beverage containing silymarin and arginine. A pilot, human intervention cross-over trial.

The study objective was to investigate the potential of a beverage containing silymarin and L-arginine to alter basic physiological and urodynamic parameters in 22 normal healthy men aged 38-59 years. The volunteers drank 500 ml/day beverage without silymarin and L-arginine for 10 days followed, after a 7-day washout period, by the beverage with 400mg silymarin and 295 mg L-arginine for 10 days. Blood and urine samples were collected on days 0, 10 and 27.

Vegetable lipids as components of functional foods.

Nutritionally beneficial compounds naturally present in vegetable lipids will be subject of this minireview. This article will discuss lipidic compounds from less known vegetable sources and potential advantages of its incorporation into human diet as a functional ingredient.