10.01.06
Research Highlights
Pycnogenol Reduces Diabetic Leg Ulcers
A study published in the July journal of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Homeostasis has shown that Horphag Research’s Pycnogenol, an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, heals leg ulcers in patients who suffer from diabetic leg ulcerations.
The study sampled 30 diabetic patients at the Chieti-Pescara University in Italy, who suffer from severe microangiopathy causing leg ulcerations. Patients were randomly assigned to four groups. Treatment was provided daily for six weeks.
After six weeks of treatment results showed the most significant ulcer healing for patients who supplemented with combined oral and local treatment. Group 1 patients supplementing with oral and local Pycnogenol experienced a 74% decrease in leg ulcer size. Group 2 patients supplementing with local Pycnogenol experienced a 41% decrease in leg ulcer size. Group 3 patients supplementing with oral Pycnogenol experienced a 33% decrease in leg ulcer size. Group 4, the control group, experienced a 22% decrease from disinfecting the ulcers on a daily basis. Eighty-nine percent of the patients treated with oral and local Pycnogenol were completely healed.
Group 1 participants received 150 mg Pycnogenol as oral treatment and 100 mg from capsules as powder placed on the ulcerated area (local); Group 2 participants received oral treatment of Pycnogenol with
Pycnogenol Reduces Diabetic Leg Ulcers
A study published in the July journal of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Homeostasis has shown that Horphag Research’s Pycnogenol, an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, heals leg ulcers in patients who suffer from diabetic leg ulcerations.
The study sampled 30 diabetic patients at the Chieti-Pescara University in Italy, who suffer from severe microangiopathy causing leg ulcerations. Patients were randomly assigned to four groups. Treatment was provided daily for six weeks.
After six weeks of treatment results showed the most significant ulcer healing for patients who supplemented with combined oral and local treatment. Group 1 patients supplementing with oral and local Pycnogenol experienced a 74% decrease in leg ulcer size. Group 2 patients supplementing with local Pycnogenol experienced a 41% decrease in leg ulcer size. Group 3 patients supplementing with oral Pycnogenol experienced a 33% decrease in leg ulcer size. Group 4, the control group, experienced a 22% decrease from disinfecting the ulcers on a daily basis. Eighty-nine percent of the patients treated with oral and local Pycnogenol were completely healed.
Group 1 participants received 150 mg Pycnogenol as oral treatment and 100 mg from capsules as powder placed on the ulcerated area (local); Group 2 participants received oral treatment of Pycnogenol with