This month we will look at some
research on resveratrol and healing.
Wound healing--from
India comes research on rats where after administering resveratrol in low doses
to half of the rats all had an abdominal incision which was made and then
closed. Each incision was approximately
1-1/2 inches in length. The rats were
then sacrificed at either 7 or 14 days and the wounds were examined both for
tensile strength and healing protein in the incisions. There was less inflammation and more healing
tissue including an increase in blood supply to the rats who had been on
resveratrol. The wounds were actually
stronger as well. There was a
significant improvement in healing in the resveratrol group. PMID 23242670
Colon surgery healing--a
group in Turkey published a study on cutting across a segment of colon in
rats. Half of the rats were pretreated
with resveratrol and the other half were not.
This was a low dose of resveratrol and after 7 days the rats were sacrificed
and the healing segment of colon was examined in both groups. Like the paper which is reviewed above. There was more rapid healing with almost no
leak between sutures in the resveratrol group and a dramatic increase in the
amount of healing tissue. The resveratrol
group had improved healing and increased mechanical stability. PMID 20605167
Skin healing--research
from Finland was looking at skin injuries and the improved healing seen in the
presence of resveratrol. This time the
resveratrol was applied topically on the skin directly after damaging the skin. The healing was dramatically improved when
resveratrol was applied to the skin when compared to similar injuries left to
heal on their own. Mice were used in
this study and the resveratrol group came out ahead in every single different
test done after the injury and the
direct application of resveratrol. PMID
12374620
This would make me want to take resveratrol before any kind
of surgery, or after an injury. It would
also make me want to keep resveratrol available for the grandchildren and their
inevitable scrapes and cuts.
Dr. Bob
