In the present review, we describe
chemical and chemopreventive properties as well as health benefits of
both extracts and bioactive compounds from various types of berries
including small soft-fleshed edible berries and from berry-like fruits
such as strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries,
mulberries, currants, gooseberries, elderberries, açai berries, and
pomegranates. In particular, we describe how berry-derided
phytochemicals, including anthocyanidins, proanthocyanidins, flavonols,
flavanols, stilbenoids, terpenoids, ellagitannins, and ellagic acid
target oxidative and UV radiation stress-induced DNA damage, Helicobacter pilori infection, pro-inflammatory as well as the major cancer hallmarks.