Pine bark extract

Authors:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer, Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.

Extract from the bark of the pine, mostly from the French maritime pine - Pinus pinaster atlantica.

IngredientsThis section has been translated automatically.

Pine bark extracts contain catechins with a high (85% - 90%) proportion of oligomeric procyanidins (OPC), such as the efficacy determining substance pycnogenol (syn.: leucocyanidin, 4-hydroxycatechin).

EffectsThis section has been translated automatically.

Pine bark extracts have antioxidant, anti-edematous, antithrombotic, antihypertensive, anti-allergic effects.

Note(s)This section has been translated automatically.

Most available publications refer less to the total extract of pine bark than to the ingredient pykongenol.

Authors

Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Authors: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer Prof. Dr. med. Martina Bacharach-Buhles