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... »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 is more protective against coronary heart disease and artery wall build up than white wine. The experiment also tested with commercial grape juice and grape juice enhanced with trans-resveratrol, which shares some elements of resveratrol. Resveratrol proved to moderately reduce a protein in the blood that induces unhealthy blood clotting. The experiment proved that trans-resveratrol can be absorbed... »View More
