Properties of the black grape and its nutritional composition
Since the most remote times it is attributed to him great curative virtues, it is one of the first cultures made by the human being for its consumption.
There is a wide variety of grapes, but generally and according to their cultivation, they can be grouped into two types: Table grapes and grapes to make wines. In this article we will talk the black table grape and its properties.
Numerous studies on the skin (the skin of the grape berry is also known as the exocarp) and seeds of this variety of grapes, have demonstrated its enormous antioxidant effects, acting for example, on the stability of collagen and elastin among other properties, all due to into its wide variety of compounds Phenolic.
In the black grapes abound various substances of recognized properties for the health, one of the most prominent is the Resveratrol (a potent antioxidant), that is found mainly in the skin and the seeds of this variety of grape, to protect itself of certain Pests.
Black grapes have more antioxidants than white or green grapes, due to their high content of anthocyanins, phenolic antioxidant compounds, more abundant in black grapes, which grant them its characteristic color.
Another substance to be highlighted is its potassium content, which helps us regulate the organism and the balance of the levels of liquids.
The high fiber content, together with its vitamins and minerals, is significantly higher than the content of the majority of fruits.
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Resveratrol: They are among the 9 essential amino acids, so called because they are the only ones that the body cannot manufacture on its own. Promotes the formation of muscle tissue, repairing action in fractures, bruises and wounds, prevents degeneration of the liver and gallbladder.
Arginine: It is an amino acid basic involved in many activities of the endocrine glands. It intervenes in the conservation of the balance of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. It also has a great importance in the production of growth hormone, directly involved in the growth of the tissues and muscles and in the maintenance and repair of the immune system and nervous system. Arginine is involved in the synthesis of creatine, polyamides and into RNA.
Tyrosine: It is a non-essential amino acid, fundamental and important for metabolism and for our state of mood, because it is a precursor of dopamine and adrenaline.
Alanine: It is a non-essential amino acid for the human being but it is of great importance. Used as a source of energy for the brain, nervous system and muscles.