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l-Arginine-Enriched Apples and Diabetic Control

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Functional foods are aliments that are thought to have physiological benefits and/or reduce the risk of chronic disease, beyond their basic nutritional functions, which could be produced by adding new ingredients or more of existing ingredients using food engineering techniques. In this regard, increasing health consciousness worldwide has been one of the most stimulating factors for rapid global growth of the functional food industry (Hasler, J Am Coll Nutr 19:499S–506S, 2000). Then, development of functional food products is a growing research niche worldwide.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank all research staff at Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Group of Investigation in Tumour Angiogenesis (GIANT), Universidad del Bio Bio, as well as the Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (Grivas Health) for their technical support. We acknowledge Prof. Guillermo Petzold and Julio Junod from the Department of Food Engineering, Universidad del BíoBío, Chillán, for performing the analyses related to l-arginine impregnation in apples. Fondecyt Regular 1140586, Conicyt 79112027, DIUBB 122109 GI/EF financed this study. J Acurio holds post–graduate fellowships from the Universidad del Bio Bio.

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  1. Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Group of Investigation in Tumour Angiogenesis (GIANT), Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (GRIVAS Health), Department of Basic Sciences, Engineering Faculty, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Avenue. Antonio José de Sucre. Km 1 ½ vía a Guano, Riobamba, Ecuador

    Andrea Escudero Ing, MSc

  2. Department of Food Engineering, Universidad del Bio Bio, Chillán, Chile

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  3. Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Group of Investigation in Tumour Angiogenesis (GIANT), Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (GRIVAS Health), Department of Basic Sciences, Universidad del Bio Bio, Chillán, Chile

    Jesenia Acurio MSc

  4. Vascular Physiology Laboratory, Group of Investigation in Tumour Angiogenesis (GIANT), Group of Research and Innovation in Vascular Health (GRIVAS Health), Basic Sciences Department, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad del Bio-Bio, Chillán, Chile

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Escudero, A., Moreno, J., Acurio, J., Escudero, C. (2017). l-Arginine-Enriched Apples and Diabetic Control. In: Patel, V., Preedy, V., Rajendram, R. (eds) L-Arginine in Clinical Nutrition. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26009-9_33

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