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 qualities. In this research, resveratrol was studied for its immune system defense properties, like causing tumor cell death. Resveratrol enhanced the cell death process of subjects exposed to a certain pathogen.
Even at low concentrations, resveratrol was shown to induce cell death in this experiment. Cells that were treated with red wine resveratrol did not produce tumor properties. The natural cell death process is important in cell population selection and in preventing the release of toxic inflammatory substances.
This study also notes the resveratrol dosage, at the same concentrations as those found in plasma after moderate wine consumption, is important in anti-infective, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer immune system reactions. For many persons, the actual ingestion of wine is not ideal, in those cases, substitution with a resveratrol supplement such as resveratrol tablets, pills or lozenges, is a better alternative.