Scientists Discover How Wine Aids Health

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Scientists Discover How Wine Aids Health

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

CHARLOTTEVILLE, Va., May 25, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) --

Virginia scientists say they have discovered how red wine in moderation can

provide some health benefits.

Such benefits are mainly attributed to a compound called resveratrol. Now,

scientists at the University of Virginia Health System have found how

resveratrol helps starve cancer cells by inhibiting the action of a key

protein that feeds them.

The protein, called nuclear factor- kappa B, is found in the nucleus of all

cells and activates genes responsible for cell survival.

" We used physiologically-relevant doses of resveratrol and found dramatic

effects on human cancer cells, " said Marty Mayo, assistant professor of

biochemistry and molecular genetics at the school.

Mayo said three or four glasses of wine a week provides the needed amount of

resveratrol to block the protein from feeding cancer cells. Drinking much

more than that, however, could lead to a greater risk of cancer, he said.

Resveratrol is an antioxidant found in a number of plants, including grape

skins, raspberries, mulberries and peanuts.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for yet another red wine article, a! I hope that one glass =

3 oz., LOL.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

[ ] Scientists Discover How Wine Aids Health

> Scientists Discover How Wine Aids Health

>

>

> Wednesday, May 26, 2004

>

> CHARLOTTEVILLE, Va., May 25, 2004 (United Press International via

COMTEX) --

> Virginia scientists say they have discovered how red wine in

moderation can

> provide some health benefits.

>

> Such benefits are mainly attributed to a compound called resveratrol.

Now,

> scientists at the University of Virginia Health System have found how

> resveratrol helps starve cancer cells by inhibiting the action of a

key

> protein that feeds them.

>

> The protein, called nuclear factor- kappa B, is found in the nucleus

of all

> cells and activates genes responsible for cell survival.

>

> " We used physiologically-relevant doses of resveratrol and found

dramatic

> effects on human cancer cells, " said Marty Mayo, assistant professor

of

> biochemistry and molecular genetics at the school.

>

> Mayo said three or four glasses of wine a week provides the needed

amount of

> resveratrol to block the protein from feeding cancer cells. Drinking

much

> more than that, however, could lead to a greater risk of cancer, he

said.

>

> Resveratrol is an antioxidant found in a number of plants, including

grape

> skins, raspberries, mulberries and peanuts.