It also was shown that consumption of sweet Bing cherries has a clear effect on plasma TAC. Eating cherries contributes to a significant increase in TAC due mainly to lipophilic antioxidant activity (ORACL) in plasma (Fig. 4). A similar correlation was not observed for hydrophilic antioxidants, which had no effect on total plasma antioxidant status after eating larger portions of fruit (280 g). Sweet cherries are fruits, which are characterized by a large amount of hydroxycinnamic acid and its derivatives, which account for about 42% of total content of phenolic compounds (the amount is estimated to be 163 mg/100 g wet weight) [28]. A second important group of phenolic compounds
having an effect on a high TAC of sweet cherry is the anthocyanin and proanthocyanidins, which represent 23% of the total
phenolic compounds in fruit [27,28].