Resveratrol (English: resveratrol) is a non-flavonoid polyphenols. Natural Resveratrol exists in many plants, is an anti-drug type of plant material in order to resist the invasion of bacteria produced.
Resveratrol health benefits of the current boom in domestic and international projects are mainstream.
The main directions include
1. prolong life: in 2003, Howitz and Sinclair on the authority of the "Nature" magazine published resveratrol extend the life of yeast papers, reptiles and subsequent studies using Drosophila as a sample, but also to get the exact results. Insect experiments for many other research groups are repeated. In 2007, the Life Extension effect has been demonstrated in mice.
2. Anticancer: Since 1997 resveratrol helped mice Jang published papers resist skin cancer after a lot of research on the anti-tumor continues to be published, the list goes on. Resveratrol anti-aging anti-cancer effect is believed to be because it can activate a protein capable of repairing damaged genes, on the efficacy and the role of this protein process, is now concentrated in the direction of scientific research. 3. The anti-cardiovascular disease: many flavonoids and polyphenols like resveratrol also has a strong antioxidant, can prevent the deposition of cholesterol in the blood vessels, thus preventing cardiovascular disease. There are a number of relevant scientific and medical research is ongoing.
Other effects: a large number of studies have shown that resveratrol may have anti-inflammatory functions, such as the treatment of arthritis; protect the nervous system; mediation metabolism; anti-diabetic, anti-virus and other effects.
US commercial production resveratrol, mainly synthetic trans-resveratrol trans-resveratrol, the present process is still relatively expensive. Major domestic medicine extracted from Polygonum cuspidatum, 2009 development boom led to soaring prices in 2010 knotweed.