Resveratrol Ingredient Improves Memory, Learning

PARSIPPANY, N.J.DSM Nutritional Products released a study on resVida® resveratrol ingredient and its ability to improve associative and spatial learning and memory performance in aged mice at the American Aging Association (AGE) annual conference. The study, led and presented by DSMs Hasan Mohajeri, PhD, tested aged mice after multiple doses of dietary supplementation with resVida for at least four weeks. After four weeks, researchers showed supplementation with resVida significantly improved associative- and spatial- learning and memory in daily situations of the elderly mice. Researchers also found in vitro exposure to resVida significantly protected brain cell function when exposed to oxidative stress.

These findings suggest resVida supplementation to be a viable approach for delaying age-associated reductions in learning and memory, and therefore may further help to prevent the normally occurring age-associated deterioration of cognitive performance, Mohajeri said.

This past November, Peter Howe, PhD, of the University of Southern Australia, presented human data on resVidas significant and positive effect on flow-mediated dilation in the brachial artery, which is a biomarker of cardiovascular health and circulatory function.

DSM global business manager for resVida® Frank DeJianne, stated: The new data on cognitive function contributes to our growing body of scientific evidence, most of which is now being done with humans.