Description
Formerly O.P.C. - 100
Optimally absorbed grape seed extract
For Antioxidant Support
Formulated to support blood vessel strength and eye health
Thorne's Grape Seed Extract is a grape seed phytosome which helps inhibit oxidative damage, protect blood vessels and eye health, and have been shown to reduce swelling and bruising after injury.
Features
- Grapeseed Extract: OPCs are important health-promoting flavonoids from grape seed.
- Optimal Aborption: OPCs bound to phospholipids for optimal absorption
- Blood Vessels: Strengthens blood vessels to decrease bruising.
- Antioxidant: Contains important antioxidant flavonoids.
- Free From: Every Thorne product is made with the purest possible ingredients - without gluten or other major allergens (eggs, tree nuts, peanuts) This product also contains no soy, dairy, shellfish, or fish
- Grapeseed Phytosome
- Dietary Supplement
- Circulation
- Skin/Hair
- Gluten Free
The primary constituents of Thorne's grape seed extract are oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs). OPCs have strong free-radical scavenging (antioxidant) ability, resulting in inhibition of oxidative damage and protection of blood vessels and other tissues.* OPCs have been shown to protect vascular endothelial cells from oxidative damage and appear to strengthen the resistance of cell membranes to injury and impairment.* OPCs also can bind copper and iron, thereby reducing their oxidative effects.* Grape Seed Extract contains Leucoselect Phytosome®, which have demonstrated in studies to reduce the oxidation of LDL-cholesterol in heavy smokers, and decrease oxidative stress in diabetics and in healthy individuals after a fatty meal.
Evidence suggests OPCs enhance the cross-linkage of collagen in skin and other connective tissues. OPCs have also been shown to decrease capillary permeability, which can be manifest as decreased bruising. For example, clinical studies demonstrate reduced swelling and improved resolution of sports injuries in athletes who were given OPCs prior to a sporting event.
A clinical study of 10 healthy volunteers analyzing the effect of OPC supplementation on biomarkers of oxidative stress found significantly increased levels of the antioxidant alpha-tocopherol in red blood cell membranes.
In a randomized human trial, young healthy volunteers received 300 mg of Leucoselect phytosome daily or a placebo. Antioxidant activity was measured at multiple time-points during days one and five. Within 30 minutes after administration on day one, the antioxidant activity measured by "total radical-trapping antioxidant parameter" (TRAP) was significantly elevated compared to placebo.
Medicinal Ingredients
| Grape Seed Phytosome (Leucoselect) | 100mg |
Non-Medicinal Ingredients
Hypromellose Capsule, Leucine, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Silicon Dioxide
Recommended Dose
Take 1 capsule two to three times daily or as recommended by your health professional.
Cautions
ALLERGY WARNING
This product is contraindicated in an individual with a history of hypersensitivity to any of its ingredients.
Grape Seed Extract contains grape seed phytosome - a plant extract complexed with phospholipids, which are derived from soy. Phospholipids contain no soy protein. There are no other soy-based ingredients in Grape Seed Extract.
PREGNANCY
If pregnant, consult your health professional before using this product.
INTERACTIONS
There are no known adverse interactions or contraindications at publication date.
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