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
