Grape juice vs. wine: a healthy debate.Good news for teetotalers: Grape juice contains resveratrol res·ver·a·trol n. A natural compound found in grapes, mulberries, peanuts, and other plants or food products, especially red wine, that may protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease by acting as an antioxidant, antimutagen, and , the chemical in wine thought to lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Naturally produced by grapes to fight disease, resveratrol has been identified as the active ingredient An active ingredient, also active pharmaceutical ingredient (or API), is the substance in a drug that is pharmaceutically active. Some medications may contain more than one active ingredient. in many folk medicines. Research in Japan indicates that it lowers cholesterol levels in rats, but studies on the effects of resveratrol in humans have not been published. Leroy L. Creasy crease n. 1. A line made by pressing, folding, or wrinkling. 2. Sports a. A rectangular area marked off in front of the goal in hockey and lacrosse. b. of Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. announced last summer that wine contains resveratrol. Concentrations vary but are generally highest in red wines made from grapes fermented in their skins, where resveratrol is concentrated. Grape juice lovers clamored to know if their drink also contains resveratrol. Creasy obliged, finding that purple grape juice contains more resveratrol than 60 percent of the wines he analyzed. And like white wine, white grape juice contains little resveratrol, largely due to differences in processing. Analyses of table grapes reveal only minimal amounts of resveratrol. Creasy plans to analyze other grape products, including jellies, jams, nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. wines, and raisins. |
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