Resveratrol trivia

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For those who are curious, here is a little info I have managed to find

about resveratrol.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the substance:

http://virology.med.uoc.gr/IJMM/2002/volume10/number6/755-760.pdf

Organic wine seems to have twice as much of it when compared to regular wine:

http://www.mindfully.org/Food/Distinguishing-Organic-Wines.htm

NY wines seem to have more than any other region:

http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/98/2.5.98/resveratrol.html

Peanuts seem to contain more of it per ounce than wine:

http://forum.lef.org/forum15/topic24423.html

The reason we might not be seeing 150 year old humans in France is because

of the amount of it needed for therapeutic dosing:

" [Therapeutic Dosages] Because there haven't been any clinical studies, the

optimal therapeutic dosage hasn't been established for resveratrol. Based

on animal studies, a reasonable therapeutic dosage of resveratrol might be

about 500 mg daily. Resveratrol doses for inhibition (i.e. assistance in

the prevention) of cancer and cardiovascular disease are 5mg or 10mg daily.

Doses for the treatment of the same are 15mg to 30mg daily. " -

http://www.tropicsweather.com/wwwboard/messages/740.html

Resveratrol does not appear to affect reproductive abilities, despite its

oestrogenic properties:

http://www.rbej.com/content/1/1/30

Tiger cane (Polygonum cuspidatum) is the most abundant source of

resveratrol in nature. It also appears in raspberries and mulberries:

" Res is found in many fruits and nuts, but is especially abundant in red

grapes, mulberries, raspberries and peanuts, the scientist said. " -

http://cancer.med.unc.edu/news/externalnews-archives/research_05302000.htm

It seems to have neuroprotective properties:

" Our study suggests resveratrol is a potent neuroprotective agent in focal

cerebral ischemia " -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=1\

1508648 & dopt=Abstract

Getting 500mg of resveratrol daily would be quite a tedious affair. The

most I could find in one capsule was 16mg, which means about 30 capsules

would be needed. It would cost about $5 per day to consume 480mg ($10 per

60 caps from many sources):

http://www.jarrow.com/products/Resveratrol.htm

I'm sure you're all familiar with Luigi Cornaro who drank 14 ounces of red

wine per day and lived to 102:

http://www.wrf.org/news/news0007.htm

OK, back to work now.

Katrina.