Montmorency sour cherry: The book

The authors Tobias Duven and Dr. Jürgen Schwarzl discuss in the book about the Montmorency cherry, focusing on its key plant compounds and its bioactive potential. This includes primarily antioxidants, anthocyanins, ellagic acid, salicylic acid, melatonin, polyphenols, and flavonoids. The book also provides detailed explanations of oxidative stress and how the cherry can help address it.

Under the section “Healing and Prevention with Cherries from “A to Z”, the 24 possible therapeutic properties of cherries are discussed. Covering a broad range of ailments from allergies and intolerances to oxidative stress and nonspecific inflammations, the chapter addresses a wide spectrum of conditions.

Additionally, the book explains various cherry varieties, proper cultivation and harvesting, and the key steps in processing cherries into cherry products. It distinguishes between cherry concentrate, cherry capsules and powder, and dried cherries.

The origin of the cherry for health, its traditional use, and the rediscovery of the healing fruit are summarized in the historical chapter.

For daily use, various recipes with cherries are also presented for trying out. Cherry at breakfast, as a healthy smoothie, dessert, or in savory dishes and salads.

ISBN Number:

978-3-86410-258-5