WHAT IS PYCNOGENOL®?
Pycnogenol® is a natural plant extract
from the bark of the Maritime Pine, pinus maritima, growing
along the coast of south-west France, in the Lands of Gascony.
Pycnogenol® is a water-soluble flavonoid
extract with highly bio available procyanidins, catechins, taxifolins
and the typical spectrum of phenolic acids.
A Gift from Mother Nature
For centuries, herbalists have recommended plant extracts -
barks, roots, leaves - to treat people's ills. Today, nutritionists
and doctors recommend diets rich in fruits and vegetables to
prevent the same diseases. The scientific reason for the success
of these diets have recently become apparent. Fruits, vegetables
and herbs contain flavonoids - the type of polyphenolic antioxidants
found in Pycnogenol®. While all these flavonoids
are found in a broad range of fruits, vegetables and herbs,
Pycnogenol® provides an optimal combination
of polyphenols in a concentrated form in this single supplement.
Benefits
Pycnogenol® has proof of its bio availability
in man. Pycnogenol®, a powerful blend of
antioxidants and a natural anti-inflammatory agent, helps your
body to combat environmental stress, keeps your circulatory
system fit and combats joint inflammation. Pycnogenol®
improves and normalizes capillary activity and strengthens capillary
walls. It helps restore flexibility to arterial walls. Pycnogenol®
binds collagen fibers, realigning them in the process to more
youthful, undamaged structures. Elasticity and flexible strength
is restored to connective tissue. The versatility goes beyond
the fact that Pycnogenol® is a potent blend
of antioxidants: its benefits are also due to it being a unique
vitamin C "action-helper". Current research has shown that Pycnogenol®
reduces the risk circulatory diseases (stroke, vascular and
heart diseases) , reduces inflammation (arthritis, edema), maintains
skin health and helps alleviate a variety of
other conditions.
Some History
Pine bark flavonoid polyphenols were in used by the native Indians
of North America in a tea brewed from the bark of pine trees
growing along the Atlantic coast. History indicates that pine
bark was used medicinally as early as the 13th century. French
explorer Jacques Cartier was introduced to the tea when Indians
saved most of his crew from death by scurvy during the winter
of 1534. More than 400 Years later Universities began studies
on flavonoids. Their search for bio-active flavonoids eventually
led them to French coastal pine bark, where they found a rich
source of a narrow group of highly bio available and bio-active
flavonoids in the bark of the French maritime pine of Landes
de Gascogne.
Horphag's continuing work by researchers in France, the United
Kingdom, Italy, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Switzerland
and the United States over the last 30 years has confirmed the
chemical structure, effects and absence of toxicity in Pycnogenol®.
® - Pycnogenol® is a registered trademark
of Horphag Research Ltd and its application is protected by
U.S. patents #4,698,360 / #5,720,956 and other international
patents.
