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Plant Phenolics and Human Health: Biochemistry, Nutrition and Pharmacology

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd’s new report “Plant Phenolics and Human Health: Biochemistry, Nutrition and Pharmacology” to their offering.
Plant Phenolics and Human Health: Biochemistry, Nutrition and Pharmacology: A collection of current knowledge of phytochemicals and health
Interest in phenolic phytochemicals has increased as scientific studies indicate these compounds [...]

Natrol Launches New Superfruit Antioxidant Supplements

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Natrol, Inc., a premier marketer, manufacturer, and distributor of nationally branded nutritional products, introduces three new nutritional supplements — Natrol® MaquiBerry, Natrol® Resveratrol Diet, and Natrol® Resveratrol Weekend Cleanse — with superfruit antioxidant capacity. These three new products join Natrol’s popular line of açaĂ­ superfruit offerings — including Natrol® AçaĂ­Berry 1,000 mg, Natrol® AçaĂ­Berry Diet, [...]

Green Tea Extract May Help to Delay or Prevent Alzheimer’s

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Long known to be beneficial in heart disease, diabetes and some cancers, a new study finds a specific green tea extract may delay or prevent Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. A. Holliday & Company’s “Teawell 50,” is a 50 percent pure extraction of EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) – a flavonoid which is the most potent of four [...]

Licorice Flavonoid Oil with Glavonoid™

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Nutrigenomics is the study of how foods affect genetics and how individual genetic differences can affect the way bodies respond to nutrients and other naturally occurring compounds. Glavonoid™ is the first supplement to be referred to as a “nutrigenomic” supplement—a nutritional substance that actually works at the genetic level. Swanson Health Products announced that the [...]

Emerging Research Shows Dark Chocolate May Have Some Health Benefits

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Unsweetened cocoa and dark chocolate appear to be healthier choices than other kinds of chocolate. Blood pressure, cardiovascular health and insulin sensitivity have all been shown to profit from the flavonoids in the cocoa bean. Chocolate milk drinkers in one study showed marked improvement in heart health including a boost to the “good” HDL cholesterol. [...]

Uncovering the Antioxidant Value of Oats

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Scientists at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the USDA have identified factors that influence the antioxidant content of oats. In part, these benefits are likely derived from avenanthramides (Avns), a metabolite with potent antioxidant properties found exclusively, among food crops, in oats.
At the Cereal Crops Research Unit in Madison, Wisconsin, chemist Mitchell Wise is [...]

Pink Tomato Gene Discovered

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Plant Research International has discovered the gene that makes tomatoes pink.
Tomatoes generally turn red but a mutation in the tomato genome makes them turn pink instead. This mutation was described in the literature as early as 1925 but it was still not known what caused it. In this month’s Plant Physiology Magazine a research team [...]