Anti-Oxidants Are Not All The Same -
Certification of Masquelier's OPCs
BATESVILLE,
Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000-- Dr. Jack Masquelier, in
order to clear up any confusion, has issued a Certificate of Authenticity to
Life Plus(R) International for Proanthenols Bio-Complex(R) and other products
they manufacture using his patented extraction process. Dr. Masquelier is a Professor
Emeritus of the University of Bordeaux. He is highly respected throughout the
scientific community and is the world's leading authority on OPC. He has
produced more than 200 publications. Many successful pharmaceutical products
originated from his patented inventions. The Certificate reads as
follows: This Joint Certificate of Authenticity assures that the Oligomeric
ProanthoCyanidins (OPCs) contained in Proanthenols Bio-Complex(R) and other
products manufactured and distributed by Life Plus(R) International contain
The Real OPCs as originally isolated by Professor Dr. Jack Masquelier at the
University of Bordeaux, France and supplied worldwide by International
Nutrition Company (INC) of Vaduz, Liechtenstein, in the USA and many other
countries under INC's trademark MASQUELIER'S(R) Original OPCs and in France
and certain other countries around the world as INC's authentic
MASQUELIER'S(R) “--------.” The real Masquelier's(TM)
Original OPCs used in Life Plus products are protected under U.S. Patent No.
4,698,360 and extracted for INC by Berkem s.a., an International Standards
Organization (ISO-9002) quality certified facility. Berkem is licensed by the
French Ministry of Health to produce this high quality, pharmaceutical-grade
OPC extract, employing state-of-the-art methods developed on the basis of
Professor Masquelier's French extraction patents and further perfected on an
industrial scale by Berkem Laboratories. Masquelier's Original
OPCs, the real OPC extract used by Life Plus, is the 100 percent Bioavailable
and 100 percent Residue-Free extract that has been proven beneficial to human
health through nearly 50 years of clinical research and worldwide use. The certificate contains
the signatures of both the president of Berkem Laboratories Lucien Fahy and
Dr. Masquelier. In the last few years the
importance of free radical scavengers (antioxidants) has become increasingly
evident. Most scientists now agree that free radicals can be responsible for
damage to our cells. This damage often manifests itself as premature aging of
the skin and other organs. A new study by the United States Department of
Agriculture adds to the scientific body of evidence. According to the USDA
study, published in the September 15, 1999 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience,
a diet rich in blueberry extract reversed some loss of balance and
coordination, and improved short-term memory in aging rats. Among the highest
fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables in antioxidant power, blueberries are
being studied more closely by researchers for their documented anti-aging
potential. It could be said that the
father of all this research on antioxidants and their behavior is Dr. Jack
Masquelier. Dr. Masquelier isolated his first OPC in 1947. It is a well known
story how he perfected a vegetable extraction process with an end product he
called “-----“ . It was his intention that “------“ be used to designate the
totality of the extract that was obtained using his patented methods of
extraction. Since then, the name “-----“
has been used by some companies regardless of the extraction process. The
acronym OPC has been bantered about the industry as well. This confusion has
created problems for consumers that are interested in taking advantage of Dr.
Masquelier's years of knowledge and research by including his antioxidants in
their diet. |
Dr. Lemon's article: "OPCs - What they are and what they are not!