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Blood Clot Risk Reduced by Resveratrol
Doctors from the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Milan, Italy, released a report in 1995 that explored the possibility that resveratrol, a red wine ingredient, may have the power to prevent blood clots from forming.
Drs. A.A. Bertelli, L. Giovannini, D. Giannessi, M. Migliori, W. Mernini, M. Fregoni, and A. Bertelli studied the anti-blood clotting properties of resveratrol alone and resveratrol associated with red wine. The doctors performed this research on platelet filled plasma in a laboratory environment with different concentrations of red wine resveratrol.
The study shows that resveratrol was able to lower blood platelet clotting and red wine containing natural trans-resveratrol also restricted platelet clotting. When resveratrol was added to the red wine, blood-clotting restriction was increased. Overall, the doctors suggest that the anti-blood clotting activity of resveratrol is related to its concentration levels in wine.
Cancer Prevention Agent Resveratrol Restricts Cell “Domino Effect”
In 1999, Drs. J. García-García, V. Micol, A. de Godos, and J.C. Gómez-Fernández published a study from the Edificio de Veterinaria at the Universidad de Murcia in Murcia, Spain and stated that resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine, can be used as a preventative cancer agent.
Grapes and other foods high in antioxidants display the cancer preventative benefits of resveratrol. This study found that by intervening with with resveratrol, the experimenters can restrict a gene that regulates and effects the growth and transformation of tumor cells.
In this resveratrol study, resveratrol was shown to effect particular enzymes that control the function of other proteins. This enzyme plays an important roll in several ‘domino effect’ signals that take place within cells. This process is crucial for every stage of a cell’s life because it can begin with a small stimulus and end with a large response.