200 1, 1 A clinical study published in the journal of Plant Medical Research on May 4th, 2000 proved the therapeutic effect of natural food supplement-Pycnogenol on diabetic retinopathy. In the experiment with placebo as the control group, pycnogenol has a good effect on delaying the development or treatment of more than half of the patients. Patients taking placebos have worse eyesight.
Dysmenorrhea and endometriosis
Pycnogenol can effectively relieve the pain caused by dysmenorrhea and endometriosis. Studies by Dr. Gao Wenxiao and Dr. Suzuki from Kanazawa University School of Medicine in Japan confirmed that after taking Pycnogenol continuously for two weeks before menstruation, 80% of women with endometriosis, 70% of women with severe dysmenorrhea and 60% of women who had undergone gynecological surgery had their pain relieved or completely disappeared. This research achievement has also won an international patent. PatentNo.: U.S. PatentNo.: 6372266 b 1.
Extremely excited
Pycnogenol has been successfully used to control hay fever and other allergic reactions (especially in Europe) for decades before its antioxidant function was discovered. In vitro studies show that pycnogenol can obviously inhibit the release of tertiary amines. Professor Sharma from the Department of Pharmacology, University of Dublin has proved that Pycnogenol can inhibit the release of histamine from some human cells by scavenging free radicals. In addition, Pycnogenol can cause more histamine to be ingested or ingested again in its storage particles, where histamine is isolated, thus not causing allergic symptoms.
Studies have found that Pycnogenol has an anti-allergic effect, and will not bring side effects such as drowsiness and mucosal dryness. These findings were presented at the meeting of the British Pharmacological Society held in Dublin in July, 20001.
smoke
It is difficult for smokers to give up smoking. Pycnogenol can remove harmful substances in smoke and ensure human health. In addition, the biggest harm of smoking is to cause myocardial infarction. Pycnogenol provides protection against cardiovascular risk by preventing platelet coagulation caused by smoking. In addition, pycnogenol inhibits nicotine-induced vasoconstriction. These two effects together help to reduce the risk of arterial and venous occlusion, which is the main cause of myocardial infarction. The research result of "Pycnogenol can remove free radicals in smoke" won a patent in China. Patent number: March 9, 2003/kloc-0, patent number: ZL: 00 130 1330.
immune
Dr Ronald Watson of the University of Arizona in Tucson specializes in immune system research. He conducted several studies on the effects of pycnogenol on the immune system. In an experiment on animals infected with retrovirus (very similar to cancer), Dr. Watson found that Pycnogenol significantly increased the activity of immune cells called "natural killer cells" in infected mice.
In another study, Dr. Watson found that Pycnogenol can increase the level of immune components called cytokines, which play a vital role in anti-infection. Another study shows that pycnogenol can prevent the decline of immune system function by promoting the proliferation of immune cells. Pycnogenol can also protect the existing immune components from free radicals, thus enhancing immunity. White blood cells can use free radicals to kill bacteria, but when white blood cells produce too many free radicals, white blood cells begin to commit suicide. Pycnogenol can kill bacteria, remove excess free radicals and protect white blood cells from excess free radicals.
arthritis
Arthritis patients who take Pycnogenol for other reasons are often surprised to find that their arthritis pain is also relieved. In fact, this is not surprising, because arthritis is an inflammation related to free radicals. Reducing free radicals can relieve swelling caused by inflammation and arthritis. A series of studies and experiments show that Pycnogenol can effectively scavenge free radicals and relieve joint inflammation, redness and pain.
senile
Whether physically or mentally, the passage of time is not the only reason for our aging, and the accumulation of harmful chemical changes will also make our bodies worse or even aging. Aging is the process of reducing the number of healthy cells in the body, and the most prominent factor is the loss of human reserves caused by the reduction of the number of cells in various organs. Free radical reaction is an important reason for the loss of human active cells. As mentioned above, the process of aging is related to free radicals.
Dean Li Shuguang of Tongji University School of Medicine in China and his colleagues have done experiments on Pycnogenol, which proved that Pycnogenol increased the average life span of fruit flies from 37 days to 70 days, and one old fruit fly even lived to 103 days! Prolonged survival time 13% (equivalent to the human body can be at least 3 hours younger every day)! For a 70-year-old person, it is equivalent to extending life expectancy to 79 years or even longer. It is emphasized that Pycnogenol is a powerful and effective antioxidant, which can avoid the damage of free radicals to cell membrane, thus enhancing the ability of cells to absorb nutrients and discharge waste. It can prevent free radicals from destroying lysosomal cysts and stop releasing deadly lysosomes that can destroy other cell components; It can prevent free radicals from fusing with different protein and protect the normal function of protein. Pycnogenol, as a free radical scavenger, can delay the aging of the body and organs, thus keeping healthy and making people look younger than their actual age.