At the School of Life Sciences at Lanzhou University, G.A. Liu and R.L. Zheng conducted research into the ability of polyphenols (groups of chemicals found in plants) to protect healthy cells against diseases like heart disease and cancer at the cellular level. The Study Seven polyphenols were studied, among them resveratrol. DNA damage was induced... »View More
In a 2003 study from the Psychiatric Clinic at the University of Basel in Basel, Switzerland, Drs. Egemen Savaskan, Gianfranco Olivieri, Fides Meier, Erich Seifritz, Anna Wirz-Justice, and Franz Müller-Spahn found that resveratrol, a red wine ingredient, has characteristics that protect the nervous system from Alzheimer’s disease. Resveratrol,... »View More
Drs. Steen Mollerup, Steinar ØvrebØ and Aage Haugen from the Department of Toxicology at the National Institute of Occupational Health in Oslo, Norway published a study in 2001 with findings that resveratrol, a red wine ingredient, may effect lung cancer cell expression. The study suggests that resveratrol, a natural antioxidant found in plants and... »View More
In a study from the Institute of Food Science and Technology at the National Research Council in Avellino, Italy, normal human blood cells were subjected to experiment-induced oxidation, to observe the possible protective effects of red wine polyphenols, groups of chemical substances found in plants. In 2000, Drs. I. Tedesco, M. Russo, P. Russo, G.... »View More
The Faculty of Medicine from the Institute of Human Anatomy at the University of Milan in Milan, Italy found that resveratrol, found in grapes and red wine, enhances bacterial ingestion and is a co-factor in anti-inflammatory and cancer prevention activity. In this experiment, trans-resveratrol has been studied for its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer... »View More
In a 1996 case study from the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Drs. C.R. Pace-Ascaik, O. Rounova, S. E. Hahn, E. P. Diamandis, and D. M. Goldberg found that resveratrol and trans-resveratrol, found in red wine and grape juice, can help regulate blood clotting. The study tested the theory that red wine... »View More