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Solution for Insomnia
By: Lorraine Mignault    Monday, May 21, 2012
Conditions: Alzheimers. Anxiety, Cardiovascular Disease, Depression, Diabetes, Immune Dysfunction, Metabolic Dysfunction, Skin Conditions, Sleep Deprivation, Stress, Obesity, Beauty and Health for Women
Solution for Insomnia by Lorraine Mignault For many, women in particular, sleepless nights are a growing concern. In fact, women are more than twice as likely to have problems of insomnia. Targeting a natural therapy option without a comprehensive lifestyle assessment could have you jumping on every bandwagon for a solution. The reason? Mismanaged insulin and blood sugar levels fueled by wrongful food choices can have you tossing and turning the night away. Studies now link sleep deprivation to obesity, heart disease and diabetes - with the latter strongly related to Alzheimers and ...Read More
Biological Activities of Polyphenols from Grapes - Part 3
By: VitalityLink Finder    Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
En-Qin Xia, Gui-Fang Deng, Ya-Jun Guo, and Hua-Bin Li* Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; E-Mails: <email> (E.X.); Email: <email> (G.D.); Email: <email> (Y.G.)* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: <email>; Tel.: +86-20-8733-2391; Fax: +86-20-8733-0446. Received December 1, 2009; Revised January 26, 2010; Accepted January 29, 2010. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license ...Read More
Biological Activities of Polyphenols from Grapes - Part 2
By: VitalityLink Finder    Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
En-Qin Xia, Gui-Fang Deng, Ya-Jun Guo, and Hua-Bin Li* Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; E-Mails: <email> (E.X.); Email: <email> (G.D.); Email: <email> (Y.G.)* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: <email>; Tel.: +86-20-8733-2391; Fax: +86-20-8733-0446. Received December 1, 2009; Revised January 26, 2010; Accepted January 29, 2010. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license ...Read More
Biological Activities of Polyphenols from Grapes - Part 1
By: VitalityLink Finder    Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
En-Qin Xia, Gui-Fang Deng, Ya-Jun Guo, and Hua-Bin Li* Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; E-Mails: <email> (E.X.); Email: <email> (G.D.); Email: <email> (Y.G.)* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: <email>; Tel.: +86-20-8733-2391; Fax: +86-20-8733-0446. Received December 1, 2009; Revised January 26, 2010; Accepted January 29, 2010. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license ...Read More
Study of Health Benefits of Polyphenols from Grapes
By: VitalityLink Finder    Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
En-Qin Xia, Gui-Fang Deng, Ya-Jun Guo, and Hua-Bin Li* Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China; E-Mails: <email> (E.X.); Email: <email> (G.D.); Email: <email> (Y.G.)* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: <email>; Tel.: +86-20-8733-2391; Fax: +86-20-8733-0446. Received December 1, 2009; Revised January 26, 2010; Accepted January 29, 2010. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license ...Read More
Biological Activities of Polyphenols from Grapes - Table 5
By: VitalityLink Finder    Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
Table 5. Bioactivities of some phenolic compounds from grapes. Phenolic compoundBioactivityReferences resveratrol free radical scavenging [76,81] antiproliferation [83,100] enhancing plasma NO level [123] regulating lipid metabolism [37] protection against membrane oxidation [124] quercetin antibacterial [20] enhancing plasma NO level [123] catechin anticancer [74] free radical scavenging [13,68,83] antibacterial [119] anti-inflammation [36] protection against membrane oxidation [124] flavone antiproliferation [99] flavonol free radical scavenging [75,81] procyanidin anticancer [74,94] free ...Read More
Biological Activities of Polyphenols from Grapes - Table 3
By: VitalityLink Finder    Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
Table 3. Antioxidant activities of the extracts from grapes and its products. ResourceAntioxidant activityReferences grape seed decreasing the oxidated LDL in plasma [69] juice reducing oxidative stress in serum [48] red wine protection against membrane oxidation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae induced by H2O2 [70] fruit beverage (grape+orange+apricot) protecting mitochondrial and the antioxidant system against oxidative stress induced by H2O2 [71] grape wine protecting hypercholesterolemic hamsters against aortic fatty streak accumulation [37] defatted milled grape seed dealing with the oxidant ...Read More
Biological Activities of Polyphenols from Grapes - Table 4
By: VitalityLink Finder    Monday, Mar 12, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
Table 4. Anticancer activities of phenolic compounds from grapes. PhenolsSubjectEffectsReferences proanthocyanidins mouse mammary carcinoma cell line inhibited breast cancer metastasis [94] anthocyanin rat liver clone 9 cells activated antioxidant response element upstream of genes [95] colon cancer cell lines (HT-29 and Caco-2) induced 2–4 times increase in DNA fragmentation [96] vascular tumor biology repaired and protected genomic DNA integrity and retard blood vessel growth in some tumors [97] procyanidin, catechin or gallic acid mice spleen cells inhibited DNA damage induced by ...Read More
Biological Activities of Polyphenols from Grapes - Table 1
By: VitalityLink Finder    Monday, Mar 12, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
Table 1. The phenolic compounds in different parts of grape and its products. ResourcePhenolic compoundsReferences seed gallic acid, (+)-catechin, epicatechin, dimeric procyanidin, proanthocyanidins [26,30–32] skin Proanthocyanidins, ellagic acid, myricetin, quercetin, kaempferol, trans-resveratrol [26,30] leaf myricetin, ellagic acid, kaempferol, quercetin, gallic acid [26] stem rutin, quercetin 3-O-glucuronide, trans-resveratrol, astilbin [27] raisin hydroxycinnamic acid, hydroxymethylfurfural [34] red wine malvidin-3-glucoside, peonidin-3-glucoside, cyanidin-3-glucoside, ...Read More
Biological Activities of Polyphenols from Grapes - Table 2
By: VitalityLink Finder    Monday, Mar 12, 2012
Conditions: cancer, heart disease, aging, inflammation
Table 2. The antioxidant capacities of the extracts from different parts of grape and its products. ResourceTEACaFRAPDPPHORACRef. grape pomace 0.91 g/L (EC50) - 0.20 g/L (EC50) - [51] grape seed - - >663 μmol TE/g - [62] defatted grape seed 36.36 mol TE/100 g 21.6 mol TE/100 g - - [47] whole seed 76.3 mol TE/100 g 58.04 mol TE/100 g - - grape seed - - 16.8 to 92 mmol TE/g 42.18 mmol TE/g [63] grape skin - - 15.7 to 113.3 mmol TE/g 36.40 mmol TE/g grape seed 281.3 μmol TE/g - - - [26] grape leaf 236.1 μmol TE/g - - - grape skin 12.8 μmol TE/g - - - grape flesh 2.4 μmol TE/g -  ...Read More