Subfile:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Format (FM):
Fact Sheet (22).
Language(s) (LG):
English.
Year Published (YR):
2002.
Audience code (AC):
Health Professionals (100). General Public/Consumers (300). Patients (400).
Corporate Author (CN):
National Cancer Institute.
Source (SO):
Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. 2002. 2 p.
Availability (AV):
Available from National Cancer Institute. Publications Ordering Service, P.O. Box 24128, Baltimore, MD 21227. (800) 4-CANCER or (800) 422-6237; TTY: (800) 332-8615; FAX: (301) 330-7968.
PRICE: Free.
Abstract (AB):
This fact sheet from the National Cancer Institute discusses red wine and its possible use in the prevention of cancer. In a question-and-answer format, it provides information on polyphenols, antioxidant compounds found in the skin and seeds of grapes, and the mechanisms by which they may inhibit the progression of cancer. The fact sheet also focuses on the laboratory evidence of resveratrol, a type of polyphenol, in preventing cancer.
Major Descriptors (MJ):
Antitoxidants. Cancer. Prevention.
Minor Descriptors (MN):
National Cancer Institute.
Verification/Update Date (VE):
200304.
Notes (NT):
Copyright: No.
Accession Number (AN):
AMDC03415.
URL (LK):
http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/redwine
