| Many common nutrients and formulas that abound today were once specialty products, known only to those who were willing to read overlooked or little-known research. Allergy Research Group® introduced many of these to doctors and consumers, such as CoQ10, pure Organic Germanium, and the whole spectrum of antioxidant nutrients. Here are today's new, innovative and powerful nutrient formulas, that don't yet fit into a 'category'. As always, Allergy Research Group® obtains raw materials from the finest sources and strives to make their products as free of allergens as possible. * Description of VascuStatin Formula from Allergy Research Group®: VascuStatin dietary supplement from Allergy Research Group® contains a significant quantity of leaf extract of bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis). VascuStatin provides a potent and immune stimulating dietary ingredient, proteoglycan mixture (PGM).* VascuStatin's PGM in combination with proper nutrition enhances the immune system's ability to maintain good health, resist disease and inhibit angiogenesis.* Native Americans have traditionally used plants like bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) to treat skin ulcers, reducing wound inflammation and swelling. Today it is recognized that bindweed's traditional anti-inflammatory use on skin wounds may involve its component proteoglycans. The proteoglycan mixture (PGM) found in bindweed has now demonstrated potential for supporting the body in inhibiting angiogenesis. * Allergy Research Group's® VascuStatin contains a non-toxic extract of bindweed leaf rich in PGM. Recent studies using the chicken egg chorioallantoic membrane assay showed that PGM inhibited angiogenesis in a dose dependent manner. PGM also significantly inhibited abnormal cellular growth in a mouse model. PGM's effectiveness was apparent with oral, subcutaneous, intravenous, or intraperitoneal routes of administration. * PGM has also demonstrated potent immune stimulating properties. Lymphocyte proliferation and phagocyte activity increased with PGM administration in a recent in vitro study. Through range of concentration medium of 0 to 100 mcg/ml of PGM, lymphocyte proliferation and activity increased 46 to 85%, respectively. * PGM's effectiveness may depend upon its ability to disrupt the biological balance between the specific cytokines, such as interleukin 8 and platelet activating factor 4, respectively. Excess secretion of cytokines from specific cells can speed their neovascularization, and growth. Proteoglycan proteins can bind and inactivate the above mentioned cytokines. PGM may provide an effective adjunctive support to conventional medical therapy by promoting the host's own immune defenses. * References available upon request. Allergy Research Group®, Inc. |