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 by using hydrogen peroxide on human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) which is known to cause single strand breakage in DNA. The researchers then observed the ability of the seven polyphenols to protect the cells against the damage the hydrogen peroxide was invoking on the cellular DNA.
Significant Cell Protection
Resveratrol, as well as others of the seven tested polyphenols, had a substantial impact... »View More
Added Friday, March 19, 2010
in Antioxidant Health, Health Benefits of Red Wine
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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 foods, has cancer preventative and therapeutic potential. Certain red wines are rich sources of resveratrol. A lower risk of lung cancer among consumers of red wine compared with other beverages has been observed, and may be partially attributed to the high resveratrol content in red wine.
The doctors studied the effect of resveratrol on the expression of genes involved in lung cancer. Resveratrol... »View More
Added Monday, March 15, 2010
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