Japanese Knotweed – The Resveratrol Motherload
Japanese Knotweed is a large, herbaceous perennial plant, native to eastern Asia in Japan, China and Korea. In the US and Europe the species is very abundant and has been categorized as invasive in many countries.
This seemingly obnoxious and prolific weed turns out to be the cheapest most economical source of resveratrol currently available, and therefore, is the primary source of resveratrol in the billion dollar supplements market.
Cities are presently inundated by it – over taking hillsides and proliferating, much to the dismay of city planners and home gardener’s. This species expells its own natural herbicide which kills much of the plant life around it, allowing it to proliferate, grow and spread.
Resveratrol is manufactured by plants like, grapes and Japanese knotweed, as an antibiotic specifically to battle diseases, fungi, bacteria, and heat resistance. Japanese knotweed is loaded with resveratrol,evidenced externally by its invasive and tenacious growth and weed ubiquity in North America and Europe.
Nature proves again that what we consider noxious or obnoxious may indeed be a hidden source of incredible ingredients that benefit us in unknown ways at present.
