Product Name - Grape seed Extract
Botanical Name - Vitus vinifera
Plant Part used - Seed
Specification (Marker compound) - Procyanidins OPC 95%
Description - Grapes have been used by European and Middle Eastern folk healers for years for their powerful medicinal properties. Scientists have found that the grape seed has the most concentrated form of health benefits from the grape. Grape seed extracts have been shown to improve immunity and prevent cancer. Every part of the grape plant has been used to improve health. Grapevines have been made into special ointments that were used to treat skin and eye diseases. Grape leaves were used to improve healing of painful injuries and inflammatory conditions. Unripe grapes were classically used to help the body fend off sore throats, and dried grapes (raisins) have been used to help with constipation and healthy bowel movements.

Grape seed extracts from whole grape seeds that have a great concentration of vitamin E, flavonoids, linoleic acid and phenolic procyanidins (also known as OPC or oligomeric procyanidins). The typical commercial extraction of grape seed has been for chemicals known as polyphenols having antioxidant activity.

Therapeutic Applications:

• Antioxidant.
• Detoxify from radiation induced poisons and chemotherapy.
• Grape seed extract tend to improve the Th2 immune system.