Brain Protective—From India comes a study of diabetic rats
who have artificial strokes. In
this group of rats, the carotid artery was clamped on each side for 30 min.
thus creating a stroke. They were
then unclamped for 4 hours. This
would be like someone who had been treated for the stroke. Some of the rats were given resveratrol
and the others given nothing.
Blood tests were done on products that escaped into the blood after
brain injury. The Resveratrol group was given 5, 10, 20 or 30 mg of
resveratrol per kilogram of body weight.
There was a dose dependent reduction in the amount of brain damage. This means the more resveratrol they
took, the less brain damage there
was. Other markers looking at and
the anti-inflammation and antioxidation were measured and they were elevated in
the resveratrol group indicating the mechanism of action in protecting the
brain. There appears to be a
neuroprotective effect against the damages of loss of blood flow to the brain.
Naunyn Schmiedbergs Arch Pharmachol
Dr. Bob
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