In Brief: Resveratrol
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Resveratrol: The phytoalexin found in grapes and other food products shown to be cancer chemopreventive in a study by Meishiang Jang, University of Illinois., et al., published in the Jan. 10 issue of Science. In its purified form, resveratrol was found to be chemopreventive in three major stages of carcinogenesis and was shown to inhibit preneoplastic lesions and tumorigenesis in carcinogen-treated mouse mammary glands and mouse skin cancer models, respectively...