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Study finds environmentally friendly, economical method to keep grapes freshTable grapes are subject to serious water loss and decay while making the long trip from the vine to dinner tables around the world. Mold and browning of the stems are the two main factors that reduce grape quality during shipping and storage in retail produce sections.Pads placed over the fruit packed in boxes are one way of ensuring that consumers get fresh, appealing fruits. The pads release sulfur dioxide, or SO2...

NeoCell has launched its new product Reversitall Plus, which is said to be the only natural compound available with cancer-fighting properties that can be backed through scientific findings. Resveratrol, a key ingredient in Reversitall Plus and a compound found in grapes and enriched in red wine, has been found to lower cholesterol, improve circulation and facilitate the maintenance of skin elasticity by protecting against environmental toxins and acting as a natural internal sunscreen....

NeoCell, engaged in the manufacture of natural supplement and skin care products, has released a new nutritional supplement called Reversitall Plus. Reversitall Plus comes in liquid form and is a natural extract made from a blend of red wine, Muscadine grapes and grapevine. According to the company, in recent years, Resveratrol, a key ingredient in Reversitall Plus and a compound found in grapes and enriched in red wine, has been found to lower cholesterol, improve circulation and...

Laboratory research shows that resveratrol suppresses the abnormal cell formation that leads to most types of breast cancer, U.S. researchers say. Lead author Eleanor G. Rogan, a professor in the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and colleagues measured the effect of resveratrol -- found in red wine and grape juice -- on cellular functions known to contribute to breast cancer. The researchers found that resveratrol...

An ingredient in red wine can ward off the effects of ageing on the heart, bones, eyes and muscles, scientists have found.V Mice fed resveratrol had stronger bones, better balance and co- ordination, and healthier hearts than animals not given the compound. They were also less likely to develop cataracts in their eyes. But chemical, found in the skin of red grapes, did not help the mice to live longer, the Boston researchers found. (c) 2008 Yorkshire Post. Provided by ProQuest Information...

BOCA RATON, Fla., June 24 /PRNewswire/ -- William S. Gruss, M.D., board-certified cardiologist and author of the best-selling book on resveratrol, A CARDIOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO ANTI-AGING, ANTIOXIDANTS & RESVERATROL, praises the latest research on resveratrol by a team of scientists in Madison, Wisconsin, published June 2008 [PLoS1, available online http://www.plosone.org/home.action ]. This newest study on resveratrol shows that low-dose resveratrol inhibited genes that cause age-related...

New York researchers say polyphenolics derived from red grape seeds may be useful agents to prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease. The study explored the possibility of developing wine mimetic pills that would replace the the government's recommended glass of red wine a day for Alzheimer's disease prevention. Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti and Dr. Jun Wang both of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Dr. Anil Shrikhande, director of the polyphenolics division of constellation brands, a major...

Resveratrol, a compound present in grapes and red wine, reduces the number of fat cells and may one day be used to treat or prevent obesity, according to a new study published Monday at the annual meeting of U.S. Endocrine Society. Past research has found that resveratrol protected laboratory mice that were fed a high-calorie diet from the health problems of obesity, by mimicking the effects of calorie restriction. Researchers at the University of Ulm in Germany wanted to know if resveratrol...

Resveratrol, found in grapes and red wine, reduces the number of fat cells and may one day be used to treat or prevent obesity, Germans researchers suggest. Researchers at the University of Ulm in Germany used a strain of human fat cell precursors, called preadipocytes that develop into mature fat cells. Lead author Pamela Fischer-Posovszky said that in the cell-based study, resveratrol inhibited the pre-fat cells from increasing and prevented them from converting into mature fat cells. In...

Baywood International, Inc. (OTCBB: BAYW) ("Company") announced that resveratrol, the antioxidant found in grape skins and red wine, partially mimics caloric restriction and retards aging parameters in mice, according to new data compiled through research started nearly 20 years ago by Dr. Leonard Guarente of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research recently showed that the famine-induced switch to tissue preservation might be triggered by activating the body's sirtuins. In...