Resveratrol

News agencies recently aired a report that a human study was suddenly halted due to safety concerns over the combined use of a drug, SRT501 modeled after resveratrol, combined with a toxic chemotherapy cancer drug, bortezomib (Velcade), among patients with myeloma (bone marrow cancer). The combination of drugs was suggested by researchers in attempt to [...]

Results from a recently published scientific study display that resveratrol may inhibit the production of protein chunks – called amyloid fibrils. The fibrils – created from beta-amyloid protein – typically combine into the unique plaques generally present in people suffering from Alzheimer’s . Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that steals people of their [...]

Resveratrol is a very volatile molecule and when exposed to oxygen, oxidizes and breaks down rapidly. It is thus important for manufacturers to produce the Resveratrol supplements in an environment that preserves its potency. In addition, the delivery mechanism is very important as it will determine both the bioavailability of the Resveratrol content as well [...]

While previously published lab rat studies displayed that extra-high resveratrol dosages, equivalent to 1500 bottles of wine or many dietary supplement capsules(1500+ milligram human dosage), was efficacious in preventing the negative effects of a high-calorie diet, the smallest dosage that genetically emulates a restricted caloric diet was unknown, till now. A compelling study on gene [...]