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Licorice Flavonoid Oil with Glavonoid™

Plantech ukNutrigenomics 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 [...]

Emerging Research Shows Dark Chocolate May Have Some Health Benefits

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Plantech ukUnsweetened 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 [...]

Uncovering the Antioxidant Value of Oats

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Plantech ukScientists 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 [...]

Pink Tomato Gene Discovered

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Plantech ukPlant 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 [...]

Biogetica Announces Independent Trial Has Shown Extracts of Hypericum Mysorense Supported Suppression of HSV infection

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Plantech ukThree plant extracts Hypericum mysorense, Hypericum hookerianum and Usnea complanta, exhibited significant antiviral activity, at a concentration non toxic to the cell line used Plants have been used as folk remedies and ethnobotanical literature has described the usage of plant extracts, infusions and powders for centuries for diseases now known to be of viral origin. [...]

LifeVantage Granted Import Approval for Protandim(R) in Mexico

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Plantech ukLifeVantage Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LFVN), the maker of science-based solutions to oxidative stress, announced that the Company has received formal approval from the Mexican government to launch its flagship product, Protandim®, in Mexico. Initial shipments have cleared customs and Protandim® has been shipped to distributors in Mexico. In August 2009, as part of its [...]

Vitamin E – Antioxidant Research at Tel Aviv University

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Plantech ukA research group from Tel Aviv University has done the most comprehensive and accurate study of clinical data on Vitamin E use and heart disease to date, and warns that indiscriminate use of high-dose Vitamin E supplementation does more harm than good. Their results were recently reported in ATVB, a leading journal of cardiology, [...]

Fenchem Launches EssenRose(TM) Organic Certified Rosemary Extract

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Plantech ukFenchem is launching an organic rosemary extract with excellent antioxidant and antimicrobial properties aimed at natural personal care formulations. The company is now moving closer to certification for this ingredient, to be achieved in the very early next year, under which the product will meet both United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic [...]

Selenium Based Antioxidants Reduced Incidence of Colorectal Metachronous Adenomas

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Plantech ukSupplementation with a selenium-based antioxidant compound decreased the risk of developing new polyps of the large bowel — called colorectal metachronous adenomas — in people who previously had colorectal polyps removed. “Our study is the first intervention trial specifically designed to evaluate the efficacy of the selenium-based antioxidant compound on the risk of developing metachronous [...]

Study Reports Pistachios Have Anti-Inflammatory Properties

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Plantech ukNew research published online, indicates that bioactive compounds in pistachios, and molecules present in pistachios, have anti-inflammatory properties. Pistachio oil decreases levels of an inflammatory marker known as “Ifit-2″ (INF-induced protein with tetratricopeptide repeats 2). Inflammation is a complex biological response to harmful stimuli, pathogens, damaged cells or irritants, and it underlies functional changes [...]