Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Resveratrol

The Sirtris Pharmaceuticals wants to discover more and more ways to help extend human life. So recently Sirtris Pharmaceuticals had done research over Resveratrol which is favorable to human life against some major problems.

What is Resveratro?

So First question arise that what is Resveratro? Resveratro is a phytolexin which produced naturally by several plants when under attack by pathogens such as bacteria or fungi. It has also been produced by chemical synthesis.

Sources of Resveratrol 

first sourced from ground dried grape skins and seeds its ingredient of red wine but now its largely derived from the Japanese knotweed which is less expensive and contains up to 187 mg/kg in the dried root. Japanese knotweed can grow in almost any climate and is much cheaper to grow than red grapes. Japanese knotweed is also known as the giant knotweed, monkeyweed and polygonum cuspidatum. Resveratrol is also found in many food sources such as grapes, blueberries, peanuts and cranberries. 

Benefits of Resveratrol

Resveratrol is well known about its anti aging factor see here other benefits also

• increasing your metabolic rate
• potentially reducing the risk of cancer
• helps against fungal and bacterial diseases
• increases energy
• reduces the risk of sun damages 

Sirtris Continues to go ahead in the way of Resveratrol Based Research regarding the progress, they make with SRT501 and SRT2104. SRT501 is currently being tested in patients with Type 2 Diabetes and SRT2104 is also being tested on human and both medicines will be launched in 2009. For more information click here.

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