Resveratrol Supplements of Two Categories- Trans and Cis
Monday, August 10th, 2009Since last two decades, the anti aging process research has been the fastest growing health research sector in the medical field.Resveratrol ultra is a phytoalexin produced naturally by several plants when under attack by pathogens such as bacteria or fungi. Resveratrol was, firstly, discovered in the roots of Japanese Knotweed back in the year 1940. Since there has been a prolonged research on this chemically active compound.
Resveratrol ultra (3,5,4′-trihydroxystilbene) is an isomeric polyphenolic phytoalexin. It is actually a stillbenoid produced as an action of stilbene synthase in the plant cells. It exists as two geometric isomers: cis- (Z) and trans- (E). The trans- form can undergo isomerization to the cis- form when exposed to ultraviolet irradiation.
Over twenty years earlier a scientific study which came to be known as the “French paradox” descript why the French, who ate unhealthy amounts of oily foods had the decreased rate of heart disease and related illness in the western world. The solution was found in the red wine they were drinking, to be very précised, in the resveratrol found in the red wine.
The Benefits of Resveratrol include:
1. Resveratrol is the most well known extract to fight aging.
2. Resveratrol helps in Triggering and supporting the immune system and helping to wrestle off illness and colds.
3. Resveratrol helps to fight certain types of cancers making them more vulnerable to conventional treatment. These are some of the key benefits.
Resveratrol ultra is one of the most potent content found in the skin of red grapes and is a constituent of red wine.
Trans-resveratrol is in the powder form, stable under “accelerated stability” conditions of 75% humidity and 40 degrees C in the presence of air.
Resveratrol content also stays in stable in the skins of grapes and pomace taken after fermentation and stored for a long period.