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- Title
A votre santé: now in pill form?
- Authors
Check, Erika
- Abstract
The article presents the reported claim of health benefits of resveratrol which is found in red wine. The research work of David Sinclair and his collegues on mice and the effects on obesity yielded positive results, and drug seems to have prevented the mice from developing diabetes and liver damage. There is lack of data, and doubts are expressed whether it would work effectively on humans. The article also presents that the Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, aims to develop drugs that act on sirtuins.
- Subjects
RESVERATROL; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of wine; MICE; OBESITY; DIABETES; SIRTRIS Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Publication
Nature, 2006, Vol 444, Issue 7115, p11
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/444011a