Grape Seed Extract comes from the tiny seeds of the red grape. It is rich in bioflavonoids, which are plant substances that help protect cells from free radical damage.
Grape Seed Extract contains procyandolic oligomers (PCOs), also known as proanthocyanidins. While often considered a recent discovery, proanthocyanidins have been extensively studied since the late 1960's for their powerful vascular wall strengthening properties and free radical scavenging activity. Consequently, PCOs are a key ingredient in pharmaceuticals used in Western Europe for vascular disorders.
Proanthocyanidins are one of the most potent free radical scavengers known, possessing an antioxidant effect up to 50 times more potent then vitamin E and up to 20 times more powerful then vitamin C. Proanthocyanidins also have an affinity for cell membranes, providing nutritional support to reduce capillary permeability and fragility.
In the vascular system the anthocyanidin extract supports the integrity of vascular walls by increasing vitamin C levels within cells, decreasing the permeabilizing effect of certain proteolytic/lysosomal enzymes, stabilizing cell membranes, and stimulating the synthesis of collagen and connective ground substance tissue.
Although bioflavonoids are widespread in nature, the powerful proanthocyanidin compound is most abundant and available from the bark of the maritime pine and in grape seeds, or pips. Grape seeds are a potent source of proanthocyanidins. Jacques Masquelier, Ph.D., who pioneered proanthocyanidin research, used the grape seed extract in his second phase of proanthocyanidin investigation.
Grape Seed Extract is both water and fat soluble and may therefore penetrate all types of cell membranes delivering powerful antioxidant protection. It is also one of the few antioxidants that can cross the blood brain barrier, potentially helping to protect brain cells from free radical damage.
Grape Seed Extract comes from the tiny seeds of the red grape. It is rich in bioflavonoids, which are plant substances that help protect cells from free radical damage.
Grape Seed Extract contains procyandolic oligomers (PCOs), also known as proanthocyanidins. While often considered a recent discovery, proanthocyanidins have been extensively studied since the late 1960's for their powerful vascular wall strengthening properties and free radical scavenging activity. Consequently, PCOs are a key ingredient in pharmaceuticals used in Western Europe for vascular disorders.
Proanthocyanidins are one of the most potent free radical scavengers known, possessing an antioxidant effect up to 50 times more potent then vitamin E and up to 20 times more powerful then vitamin C. Proanthocyanidins also have an affinity for cell membranes, providing nutritional support to reduce capillary permeability and fragility.
In the vascular system the anthocyanidin extract supports the integrity of vascular walls by increasing vitamin C levels within cells, decreasing the permeabilizing effect of certain proteolytic/lysosomal enzymes, stabilizing cell membranes, and stimulating the synthesis of collagen and connective ground substance tissue.
Although bioflavonoids are widespread in nature, the powerful proanthocyanidin compound is most abundant and available from the bark of the maritime pine and in grape seeds, or pips. Grape seeds are a potent source of proanthocyanidins. Jacques Masquelier, Ph.D., who pioneered proanthocyanidin research, used the grape seed extract in his second phase of proanthocyanidin investigation.
Grape Seed Extract is both water and fat soluble and may therefore penetrate all types of cell membranes delivering powerful antioxidant protection. It is also one of the few antioxidants that can cross the blood brain barrier, potentially helping to protect brain cells from free radical damage.