Source: just-food.com
editorial team. 23 Jul 2001.
Cuban scientists have published five papers in the summer 2001 issue of the
Journal of Medicinal Food
(Volume 4,2) which detail findings that certain sugar cane extracts can lower
LDL cholesterol.
A class of phytochemicals derived from sugar cane wax and other plant
sources have also been shown by a series of animal and human clinical trials to
have other anti-inflammatory, antiviral and neuroprotective properties.
The phytochemicals consist of long-chain aliphatic alcohols and their
metabolites.
Journal Editor Sheldon S. Hendler PhD MD, told BW HealthWire: "The
safety profile of these substances appears excellent. [They have] some rather
remarkable therapeutic as well as preventive potential."
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