Dr Ken Ng and Dr Ian Larson from Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have designed a nanoparticle, that protects antioxidants from being destroyed in the gut and give’s them a better chance of them being absorbed in the human digestive tract.
Dr Larson said orally delivered antioxidants were easily destroyed by acids and [...]

Red Grapes lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels reducing the risk of heart disease, according to Madrid University scientists.
The researchers believe that the antioxidants and fibre found in a combination of grape skin and seeds could be usedin the battle against heart attacks.
The latest discovery was given as a dietary supplement to volunteers, who [...]

The compounds responsible for the protective powers of wine are a class of compounds called antioxidants. Red wines contain several antioxidants the key isolate being the polyphenol compound called trans-Resveratrol or Res for short. Res is found in other fruit besides grapes including mulberries, raspberries and muscadine grapes (indigenous to the Americas). And in this [...]

Findings from a study by the University of Grenoble in collaboration with the other researchers suggest that a polyphenol rich diet keeps the heart healthy.
The scientific work, published in the Journal of Nutrition, is one of the few approaching this field by in vivo studies. “So far- says Marie-Claire Toufektsian, leading author of the study [...]