The studies below are examples of tart cherry-related biomedical research:

Kirakosyan A, Seymour EM., Kaufman P.B., Bolling S.F. (2008) The nature of the synergistic actions between medicinally active constituents in sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L). Planta Medica (74) DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1083969

Seymour, EM., Singer, A.A.M., Kirakosyan, A, Urcuyo-Llanes, D.E., Kaufman, P.B., Bolling, S.F. (2008)Altered Hyperlipidemia, Hepatic Steatosis  and Hepatic PPARs in Rats with Intake of Tart Cherry. Journal of Medicinal Food 11(2):252-9

Seymour, EM., Singer, AAM, Kirakosyan, A, Urcuyo-Llanes, D.E., Kaufman, P.B., Bolling, S.F. (2008) Tart Cherry Intake Reduces Indices of Metabolic Syndrome in Rats. Acta Horticulturae In press.

Seymour, EM., Singer, A. A. M., Bennink, M. R. & Bolling, S. F. (2007) Cherry-Enriched Diets Reduce Metabolic Syndrome and Oxidative Stress in Lean Dahl-SS rats. FASEB J. 21: A103-b-.

Bobe, G., Wang, B., Seeram, N. P., Nair, M. G. & Bourquin, L. D. (2006) Dietary anthocyanin-rich tart cherry extract inhibits intestinal tumorigenesis in APC(Min) mice fed suboptimal levels of sulindac. J Agric Food Chem 54: 9322-9328.

Connolly, D. A., McHugh, M. P., Padilla-Zakour, O. I., Carlson, L. & Sayers, S. P. (2006) Efficacy of a tart cherry juice blend in preventing the symptoms of muscle damage. Br J Sports Med 40: 679-683; discussion 683.

Tall, J. M., Seeram, N. P., Zhao, C., Nair, M. G., Meyer, R. A. & Raja, S. N. (2004) Tart cherry anthocyanins suppress inflammation-induced pain behavior in rat. Behav Brain Res 153: 181-188.

Kang, S. Y., Seeram, N. P., Nair, M. G. & Bourquin, L. D. (2003) Tart cherry anthocyanins inhibit tumor development in Apc(Min) mice and reduce proliferation of human colon cancer cells. Cancer Lett 194: 13-19.

Seeram, N. P., Momin, R. A., Nair, M. G. & Bourquin, L. D. (2001) Cyclooxygenase inhibitory and antioxidant cyanidin glycosides in cherries and berries. Phytomedicine 8: 362-369.

Seeram, N. P., Bourquin, L. D. & Nair, M. G. (2001) Degradation products of cyanidin glycosides from tart cherries and their bioactivities. J Agric Food Chem 49: 4924-4929.

Burkhardt, S., Tan, D. X., Manchester, L. C., Hardeland, R. & Reiter, R. J. (2001) Detection and quantification of the antioxidant melatonin in Montmorency and Balaton tart cherries (Prunus cerasus). J Agric Food Chem 49: 4898-4902.

Wang, H., Nair, M. G., Strasburg, G. M., Booren, A. M. & Gray, J. I. (1999) Antioxidant polyphenols from tart cherries (Prunus cerasus). J Agric Food Chem 47: 840-844.

Wang, H., Nair, M. G., Strasburg, G. M., Chang, Y. C., Booren, A. M., Gray, J. I. & DeWitt, D. L. (1999) Antioxidant and antiinflammatory activities of anthocyanins and their aglycon, cyanidin, from tart cherries. J Nat Prod 62: 802.

Wang, H., Nair, M. G., Strasburg, G. M., Booren, A. M. & Gray, J. I. (1999) Novel antioxidant compounds from tart cherries (Prunus cerasus). J Nat Prod 62: 86-88.