The Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacolology published an article on resveratrol and how it affected heart patients taking aspirin. It is true they ran the article in August, 2006, but this condition still exists and it is important that we understand it. The research team found that 20% of serious blood clots in high-risk heart patients could be attributed to aspirin’s failure to suppress platelet aggregation or clot formation. The team found that resveratrol, a cardioprotective phytoestrogen, slows platelet formation of blood clots.
The scientists hypothesized that resveratrol can slow the formation of platelets for Aspirin-Resistant patients. Maximal clotting of Aspirin-Resistant platelets to collagen was significantly decreased by resveratrol, whereas Read the rest of this entry »
