What is Pterostilbene?

Pterostilbene ‘more potent than resveratrol’ for colon health: Study

Pterostilbene, an ingredient garnering a lot of attention in the natural products industry, is ‘more potent’ than resveratrol for colon health, says a new study.

Dietary supplementation of mice with pterostilbene was found to protect against the formation of colon cancer more effectively than resveratrol, according to findings published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (JAFC).

“We demonstrated that the chemopreventive effect of pterostilbene was more potent than resveratrol and was associated with a decreased inflammation as well as modulation of the antioxidant signaling pathways in the colons of mice,” wrote the researchers, led by Min-Hsiung Pan from the National Kaohsiung Marine University in Taiwan.

“These findings strongly suggested the chemopreventive potential of dietary administration of pterostilbene against colonic tumorigenesis,” they added.

The new study also involved researchers from Sabinsa Corp., Taipei Medical University, and Rutgers University, and Sabinsa provided both the pterostilbene and resveratrol ingredients. The study was funded by Taiwan’s National Science Council.

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