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Pharmacological function 1. Cardiovascular Diseases Researches have assured that OPCs helps strengthen capillaries, arteries and veins, which endows it several important clinical applications. OPCs appear to stabilize the walls of blood vessels, reduce inflammation, and generally support tissues containing collagen and elastin. 2.

Aging/Alzheimer Disease Because OPCs can easily pass the Blood-Brain Barrier, it can effectively inhibit the damage that free radicals do to the brain organism, so that Alzheimer Disease is prevented and reversed. 3. Skin Care Because of its antioxidant activity, OPCs is thought to prevent the skin from excessive ultraviolet radiation and free radicals.

Considerable evidences indicate that OPCs protects and strengthens collagen and elastin of the skin, so that wrinkle is prevented and elasticity of the skin is kept. OPCs in cream form are a popular treatment for aging skin, on the theory that by repairing elastin and collagen they will return skin to a more youthful appearance.

4.Anti-cancer, Anti-inflammation and Anti- allergic Activity Since free radicals play a vital role in tumor formation, OPCs is reasonably used for its anti-cancer activity.

Also for its inhibition of inflammatory factors such as PG, 5-HT and Leukotriene, as well as selective binding to connective tissue of the joints to relieve pain and swelling, OPCs is helpful for kinds of arthritis. The anti-allergic activity of OPCs is thought to be the result of anti-histamine.

Compared with other anti-allergic drugs, OPCs has the same efficacy and does not have the same side effects such as drowsiness.