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>Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 18:51:55 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Gil Lieberman <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: REF:PYCNOGENOL > >Dear Tango, >After reading your posting below,I bought some in Geneva.The pharmacist suggested taking it with vitamin C. Is that correct? Now that I have it, I would like to understand better what it can do for my PD before taking it.What is free radical scavenging? Why do I want to protect blood cells from oxidation? Is there any danger in taking such a powerful anti-oxidant? What clinical evidence is there of its effectiveness in helping PD? >Any info you can provide will be most appreciated. >Thanks. >Aliza Lieberman <[log in to unmask]>,(73,PD 2-) > >>Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 09:32:18 -0400 >>Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >>Sender: "PARKINSN: Parkinson's Disease - Information Exchange Network" <[log in to unmask]> >>From: tango <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: REF:PYCNOGENOL >>To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> >> >>Some people on the list asked about Pycnogenol. Here are the info i >>could get on the product. It's a food supplement that has been shown to >>have a powerful free radical scavenging activity. It's unusually high >>biovailabilty rate. Studies have proven the rapid uptake and >>distribution of Pycnogenol througout the body. Being water soluble it >>is absorbed almost instanly. It was shown to be 50 times more effective >>as an antioxidant than vitamin E, and 20 times more effective tha >>vitamin C, and it crosses the blood-brain barriert to also protect the >>blood vessels in the brain from oxidation. >> >> It is made from the bark of natural marine pine. There is no solvent >>residues, natural or syntheticadditives or other dilutents in >>Pycnogenol. It is absorbed and on it's way to tissues within 20 minutes. >>It is recommended to take 1.5 to 3 milligrams per 2.2 ponds of body >>weight.It is important that the bottle says that the source of the >>product is from Horpnag Overseas, LTD of Geneva, Switzerland. >> >> >>Denis Rocheleau >> >> >