In the third part of a special series on resveratrol, NutraIngredients looks at the science behind the ingredient. Is the French Paradox exclusively due to resveratrol?
In the second part of a special series on resveratrol, NutraIngredients looks at the ingredient’s supply. What is it extracted from, how much resveratrol does it contain, and who is offering the ingredient?
In the first part of a special series on resveratrol, NutraIngredients looks at the state of the market for the heart-health ingredient. What has driven growth so far, and what are the opportunities and challenges ahead?
Resveratrol can safely be consumed at doses up to at least 450 milligrams per day for a 60 kg individual, according to a new paper that supports the product’s safety.
Danish biotech start-up, Fluxome, has moved to new premises in Copenhagen as it prepares to move into the poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) market in 2010 and expand into the US.
Resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red wine, may mimic the effects
of calorie-restriction and inhibits various aspects of the ageing
process, says a new study.
New York-based Biotivia has been told to amend some claims being
made for its resveratrol supplements and ingredients after a
complaint was brought by a competitor.
Sabinsa Corporation has secured a new process patent that can be
applied in the manufacture of polyphenols, such as resveratrol,
oxyresveratrol and gnetol.
Resveratrol, the phenolic derivative found in red wine and certain
plants, may play a role in protecting against diabetes and obesity,
suggest the results of an animal study.
Resveratrol, a compound found in grapes and red wine, lowers levels
of the amyloid-beta peptides that cause the plaques in the brain
leading to Alzheimer's disease, shows new research.
Resveratrol, the antioxidant found in red wine, may help protect
heart health by limiting the effects of cardiac fibrosis, a
hardening of the heart tissue, finds new animal research.
The red wine compound resveratrol, thought to be responsible for
the drink's protective effects on the heart, may also extend
lifespan, report American scientists.
Supplements of resveratrol, the compound found in red wine that is
thought to fight heart disease, is unlikely to have any effect on
preventing most cancers, said researchers this week.
Italian scientists are developing a supplement that contains many
of the ingredients of red wine, often linked to the health of
Mediterranean populations, without the alcohol.
A dietary supplement that preserves a powerful antioxidant found in
red wine in an airtight capsule may be able to provide the healthy
properties of wine without the alcohol or calories, according to
the manufacturer.
The red wine antioxidant resveratrol may not only inhibit
inflammation causing disease in lung cells but could also be a more
effective treatment for the irreversible condition chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease than standard drugs,...
The benefits of a Mediterranean diet are extolled once more as
Harvard researchers report that compounds found in red wine and
certain vegetables may be the key to a longer, healthier life.
The University of Leicester in the UK has been selected as one of
the first centres in the world to trial a revolutionary new cancer
prevention drug, based on a natural compound found in red wine.
