It’s very difficult, if not impossible, for one single person to thoroughly review every single piece of peer reviewed literature related to wine that is published every day. This Wine Literature Review Lightning Round series presents three new papers (within the past…
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Identifying Melatonin in Wine: A “New” Antioxidant with Potential Positive Health Benefits Found
Almost a year ago, The Academic Wino presented an article that examined the role of melatonin in grapes. Results of that study found that melatonin fluctuates in the grape vine and grapes during the day, and that in order to…
Role of Melatonin in Grapes: Joining Resveratrol and Anthocyanins as the Trifecta of Healthy Wine Components
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelreuter/4568203319/ There have been countless studies investigating the role of melatonin in human and other animal systems, however, very few studies have studied the role of melatonin in plants. In animals, melatonin is highly involved in the regulation…