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For many decades, cranberry juice has been recommended by physicians in North America for the treatment or prevention of urinary tract infections (UTI). However, until recently, no experimental evidence has been presented for the purported beneficiary effect of the juice, nor for its mechanism of action. For a while, it was believed that the antibacterial effect of the juice is due to its ability to acidify urine and thus to inhibit bacterial growth but no support for this was found (Kunin, 1987; Bodel et al., 1959).
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Ofek, I., Goldhar, J., Sharon, N. (1996). Anti-Escherichia Coli Adhesin Activity of Cranberry and Blueberry Juices. In: Kahane, I., Ofek, I. (eds) Toward Anti-Adhesion Therapy for Microbial Diseases. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 408. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0415-9_20
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