06/01/2004
Daily Mail: Pine Tree Bark Pill Relieves Asthmatics
Maritime Pine Plus® is an Extract from the bark of a French tree can
significantly reduce the symptoms of asthma.
Some Patients may be symptom-free after three months, and one 30-year-old man
who began taking the twice-a-day supplement 14 months ago has not had to use an
inhaler for a year. By Roger Dobson
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05/02/2004
Sunday Times: What's the Alternative
By Susan Clark,
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03/22/2004
LA Times: Pine-bark extract has many uses
By Elena Conis,
Maritime Pine Plus® is extracted from the bark of a coastal pine tree, grown in southern
France, that is commonly harvested to make paper and lumber. The compound is a
mixture of plant chemicals known as procyanidins, which are types of flavonoids.
The procyanidins found in Maritime Pine Plus® also are abundant in grapes, apples,
cocoa, peanuts, blueberries and cranberries. Read
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03/02/2004
Daily Mail: Pine Bark Pill That Beats DVT
A pill made from a pine bark can provide a safe way to protect travelers
from potentially fatal DVT. By Martyn Halle
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01/17/2004
Reader's Digest: Medical Breakthroughs 2004
Fertility from the Forest
An extract from the bark of a pine tree that grows along the
coast of southwestern France may improve the health of sperm in men with
fertility problems. The extract, called Pycnogenol, is one of the most potent
antioxidants known.
09/25/2003
The Healing Powers of Pine Bark (THE TIMES)
THE TIMES, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2003 / PAGE 13
SO FAMOUS were the curative powers of the pine-laden atmosphere of French
Atlantic coastline near Biarritz that every year the ageing, bronchitic King
Edward VII, together with his friend Mrs Keppel, would migrate from the damp of
England to holiday among the pine forests.
Doctors, biochemists and biologists attending a recent international conference
on Andros on oxidative stress in skin biology and medicine, arranged by the
University of Athens, learnt that although the air around the pine forests may
have been pleasant to breathe, any health advantages of the maritime pines -
Pinus pinaster - may actually lie in their bark.
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07/01/2003
Great Life Magazine, July 2003: Grow Young with Maritime Pine Plus®
"Grow young with Maritime Pine Plus® "
From fighting heart disease to slowing the damaging effects of the sun, this
pine tree bark extract puts the bite on aging.
by marie moneysmith
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06/12/2003
Wholefoods, June 2003: Maritime Pine Plus® and Heart Health: New Studies
An Interview with Dr. Ronald Ross Watson By Richard A. Passwater, Ph. D.
Interviews Dr. Ronald Ross Watson on the antioxidant, Maritime Pine Plus®, which
lowers the risk factor of strokes and heart disease by reducing inflammation on
the heart's arteries. The antioxidant is also effective in lowering
hypertension.
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06/12/2003
Total Health 25/02: Maritime Pine Plus® and A Healthy Heart
June 20, 2002
Maritime Pine Plus® AWARDED PATENT FOR REDUCING PMS / MENSTRUAL PAIN
Geneva, - Horphag Research announces today that Maritime Pine Plus® has been
awarded a US patent for use of proanthocyanidins in the reduction of the pain
and discomfort associated with menstruation (PMS).
Abdominal pain due to endometriosis was reduced in 80% of the patients and
cramps disappeared in 77% of the women taking Maritime Pine Plus®, according to a study
published in the European Bulletin of Drug Research and submitted as part of the
patent application. Endometriosis is a common gynecological disorder with varied
symptoms including chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea and infertility.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Patent No. US 6,372,266 to
Maritime Pine Plus® for the "unexpected" finding that it exhibits "unprecedented
remarkable ameliorating or therapeutic effects on patients with dysmenorrhea and
endometriosis," as it was described in the application.
"This patent opens the door to allow women to choose a more natural and
effective approach to alleviating the discomfort with menstruation and
associated conditions," says Victor Ferrari, Chief Operating Officer, Horphag
Research. "This patent further increases the value of Maritime Pine Plus® as an addition
to women's health formulas, multivitamins or as a stand alone product."
Maritime Pine Plus® is a natural complex of water-soluble bioflavonoids. When compared
against 20 other antioxidants sources, Maritime Pine Plus® was shown to be the most
powerful antioxidant among them. In addition, it increases the effect of vitamin
antioxidants like C and E when they are taken together.
The antioxidants in Maritime Pine Plus® may counteract cramps by reducing inflammatory
action. Recent studies have shown a clear improvement in terms of reduction of
menstrual cramps and pain in 73% of women following administration of 30 mg
Maritime Pine Plus® day for one month, in addition to those with endometriosis. ".
The results of our study indicate that a Maritime Pine Plus® treatment seems to be
useful in improving the menstrual and pelvic pain in women, " Dr. Takafumi
Kohama, of Keiju Medical Center and the Kanazawa University School of Medicine
said. "The mode of action, by which Maritime Pine Plus® reduces the clinical findings of
endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain, is thought to be a combined action of its
individual components."
12/05/2001
Journal of Medicinal Food: Maritime Pine Plus® in the Management of Asthma
TUCSON, AZ -December 5, 2001-- A new clinical study in the Journal of
Medicinal Food entitled, "Maritime Pine Plus® in the Management of Asthma," indicates
that taking the nutraceutical Maritime Pine Plus®, an herbal extract derived from the
French maritime pine tree, can significantly improve asthma symptoms. In
addition to the study conducted by Ronald Watson, Ph.D., College of Public
Health and School of Medicine, University of Arizona in Tucson, there is a
significant body of clinical evidence comprised over 30 years in some 70 studies
that verify Pycnogenol's anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
This random, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study was comprised of
12 women and 10 men between the ages of 18 and 50 years, who had suffered from
asthma for 1 to 16 years. Patients were randomly assigned to either the
Maritime Pine Plus® group, receiving 1mg/lb/day (without exceeding 200 mg/day), or to
the group receiving placebo for four weeks. Thereafter, subjects were crossed
over to the alternate group.
The airway function of the patients was assessed using a well-established method
called "forced expiration volume in 1 second" (FEV1), by means of an instrument
called a spirometer. For accurate measurement, the subject fills his lungs and
then exhales as fast as he can for exactly 1 second, while the spirometer
measures the volume of exhaled air. The exhaled volume is expressed relative to
the total lung volume, so the FEV1 value represents the percentage of a specific
patient's lung volume he can exhale in a second. Understandably, the percentage
is lower in asthma patients as their airways are constricted, and breathing is
aggravated. Dr. Watson showed that the percentage of the total lung volume which
the asthma patients could exhale within one second rose considerably after
treatment with Maritime Pine Plus®, while placebo had no effect.
The improvement of airway function was paralleled by a reduction of mediators
called leukotrienes in the blood. The leukotrienes cause the inflammatory
condition and constriction of bronchi, processes which are largely responsible
for the airway obstruction in asthma. Maritime Pine Plus® significantly reduced the
leukotriene values, as compared to both baseline as well as placebo medication.
Taking placebo tablets had no significant influence on leukotriene levels in the
blood.
The severity of asthma symptoms was rated on a 4-point scale, ranging in steps
from a mild intermittent form up to a severe persistent form. Before treatment
and while receiving placebos the mean symptom score of all patients was
considered as being a "severe persistent" form. After treatment with Maritime Pine Plus®
the symptom severity score was significantly reduced to the "moderate
persistent" form.
Dr. Watson concludes that Maritime Pine Plus® may be a valuable new nutraceutical in the
management of asthma. Maritime Pine Plus® was well-tolerated, and only one patient
experienced gastrointestinal discomfort. However, this occurred only during the
first 3-4 days of the trial. And overall, the patients generally noted an
improvement of their breathing ability when they received Maritime Pine Plus®.
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