Resveratrol is produced by chemical synthesis and is sold as a nutritional supplement derived primarily from Japanese knotweed. In mouse and rat experiments, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, blood-sugar-lowering and other beneficial cardiovascular effects of resveratrol have been reported.
Resveratrol is found in the skin of red grapes and is a constituent of red wine,. It is believed that this content of resveratrol helps the French to stay young for a longer duration. Experiments have shown that resveratrol treatment extended the life of fruit flies, nematode worms and short living fish but it did not increase the life span of mice.
Resveratrol is beneficial as:
It can protect the central nervous system, by increasing the levels of heme oxygenase It can regulate hormones It can act as blood thinning agent, minimizing the formation of clots and alleviating the damage to blood vessels, and suppressing platelet aggregation. It can act as an anti-inflammatory, anti-infective It can control cravings leading to weight loss. It can shield against hearing loss. It can increase and reduce estrogen excess in men It can reduce the risk of Alzheimers disease
Resveratrol has been found to be more powerful and effective than Vitamins C and E. As an antioxidant, it inhibits the degradation of lipids and LDL cholesterol ” thus, resveratrol helps lower the bad cholesterol. And like an antioxidant, resveratrol protects cells from oxidative damage caused by free radicals.
Resveratrol research has shown resveratrol to induce the death of tumor and cancer cells. These effects were confirmed in several in vitro studies, and were successful in every type of human cancer that was tested, including: breast, prostate, esophagal, cervix, ovary, lung and skin cancer. It was also shown to inhibit tumor growth in the development of colon cancer by blocking the building enzyme Cox-2.
