Natural products like resveratrol can modulate anti-ageing, anti-cancer and other anti-oxidant effects. What is it, how does it work, and why it could be important?
The paper I'm discussing is from Pubmed and the Abstract is here: Effects of resveratrol, curcumin, berberine and other nutraceuticals on aging, cancer development, cancer stem cells and microRNAs. (2017). Ageing. 9(6): 1477-1536.
Number of PubMed articles appearing over the last 30 years on 'resveratrol': 1042 publications
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Number of PubMed articles appearing over the last 30 years on the more well-known nutraceutical 'curcumin': 10,483 publications
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As you can see, there's been an increasing amount of interest in these compounds.
Other publications suggest that resveratrol may offer beneficial:
- cardiovascular effects,
- and even for reversal of damage in multiple sclerosis
- antidepressant activity
- tumor angiogenesis