Overview

Category: Standardized Extracts

Effects: Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, circulatory health, anti-cancer, anti-tumor, improve vision

Botanical Origin: This product is the fruit extract of European blueberry Vaccinium myrtillus L.

Specifications: 37% anthocyanosides, 25% anthocyanins

European lingonberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) extract: Original anthocyanosides (anthocyanins) 25% UVBilberry P.E. (Blue Berry P.E.) (EU Origin) Anthocyanosides 25% UV

Main Pharmacological Activity

Lingonberry is rich in anthocyanins. More than 15 different anthocyanins are found in lingonberries. Anthocyanins may help maintain capillary integrity and stabilize collagen. Anthocyanins are also powerful antioxidants. Numerous clinical studies have shown lingonberries to be effective in treating circulatory complaints, varicose veins and other venous and arterial complaints.

Anthocyanins protect veins and arteries by stabilizing phospholipids in endothelial cells and by increasing the synthesis of collagen and mucopolysaccharides, two substances that maintain the structural integrity of arterial walls. Anthocyanins likewise prevent platelet aggregation and adhesion on the surface of endothelial cells. Studies have also shown that lingonberries may play a collaborative therapeutic role in ferrous hemoglobin-induced and diabetic retinopathy by stimulating the production of retinal violet.

1. Normalization of capillary permeability

Anthocyanins have a strong "Vitamin P" activity, which increases intracellular Vitamin C levels and reduces capillary permeability and fragility. This function contributes to the reduced permeability of the blood-brain barrier (increased blood-brain permeability is thought to be associated with autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system, schizophrenia, "cerebral anaphylaxis" and a variety of other psychiatric disorders) and helps maintain the brain's resistance to drugs and naturally occurring degradation by inhibiting enzymatic and non-enzymatic degradation of collagen in the basement membranes of the brain's capillaries. The brain's defense against drugs and naturally occurring degenerative products.

2. Vascular Diseases

Given its normalizing effect on capillary permeability, lingonberry anthocyanins have been used in the treatment of capillary fragility, blood violet plaques, a variety of cerebral circulatory disorders (similar to the corresponding effect of ginkgo), venous insufficiency, varicose veins, and microscopic loss of blood in the urine due to renal capillary fragility (capillary leakage).

3. Eye Diseases

Bilberry extract has shown significant beneficial effects on the eye, presumably by improving the ability to transport oxygen and blood to the eye. The source of many eye diseases including cataract formation and macular degeneration is ultimately attributed to free radical damage to the eye. Lingonberry extract acts as a powerful antioxidant to protect the eyes from free radical damage.

1)Cataracts

In a human experiment, lingonberry extract halted the progression of cataract formation in 97% of 50 patients suffering from senile cortical cataracts.

2) Macular degeneration

Bilberry anthocyanins may have an important protective role against the development of macular degeneration. In one study, 31 patients with different retinopathies (20 with diabetic retinopathy, 5 with retinitis pigmentosa, 4 with macular degeneration, and 2 with hemorrhagic retinopathy due to anticoagulant therapies) were treated with lingonberry extract. A trend toward reduced bleeding with decreased permeability was observed in all patients, especially in those suffering from diabetic retinopathy.

3)Glaucoma

Bilberry extract may likewise play an important role in the prevention and treatment of glaucoma due to its action on the collagenous structure of the eye. In the eye, collagen determines the strength and integrity of tissue tension.

4. Improved vision

Scientific studies have shown that the use of Vaccinium myrtillus extract in healthy people leads to improved night vision acuity, faster dark vision adjustment, and faster recovery of vision after flashes of light. Further studies have confirmed these results. These results are particularly important for individuals suffering from retinitis pigmentosa and daytime blindness (daytime blindness - the inability to see as clearly in daytime light as in low light).

5. Action on platelets

Excessive platelet aggregation is associated with atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Anthocyanins, like other flavonoids, show a marked anti-aggregation effect on platelets