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Pycnogenol |
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Names:
Condensed
Tannins, French Marine Pine Bark Extract, French Maritime Pine
Bark Extract, Leucoanthocyanidins, Oligomeric Proanthocyanidins,
OPC, OPCs, Pine Bark, Pine Bark Extract, Procyandiol Oligomers,
Procyanodolic Oligomers, PCO, PCOs, Pygenol. Pinus pinaster,
synonyms Pinus maritima, Pinus marittima.
Family:
Pinaceae. |
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Also Used For:
Orally, pycnogenol
is used for treating chronic venous insufficiency; preventing
vascular conditions such as heart disease and varicose veins;
slowing the aging process; treating allergies, hypertension, muscle
soreness, pain, diabetes, chronic pelvic pain associated with
endometriosis and dysmenorrhea; and preventing and treating diabetic
and other retinopathies. It is also used orally for preventing
stroke, arthritis, maintaining skin health, treating attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), improving athletic endurance,
and improving sperm morphology in subfertile men.
Topically,
pycnogenol is used as a component of "antiaging" creams.
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