article below from eckloniacava.com. Here's another article on ECE (Ecklonia Cava extract) from Natural News: http://www.naturalnews.com/022506.html
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Yifu Xero <yifux...@...> wrote: > > Now available from Swansons in Fargo ND. I may get some....looks like a > great > product. $7.00 for 30 caps. (relatively expensive but that's the cheapest > this > product gets. Undergoes specialized patented processing and is imported > from > Korea. > > The Superior Polyphenol Antioxidant > Many Times Stronger Than Green Tea Extract > Ecklonia Cava Extract: Polyphenol / Phlorotannin Derived from Brown Algae > Ecklonia Cava Extract known as (ECE) is a standardized organic complex of > unique > aquatic molecules that come from a specific species of brown algae (Ecklonia > cava). Polyphenols are a group of chemical compounds found in plants, > recognized > by the presence of more than one phenol cluster per molecule. ECE represents > a > unique category of polyphenols normally called phlorotannins. Their unique > polyphenolic structure endows them with biological activities which are not > found in ground-based plants. Various physiological activities have been > evaluated in both the individual compounds that we find in ECE and in the > more > complex forms through in vitro, in vivo and clinical studies. >  > Millions on Research > Dr. Haengwoo Lee and his team have spent over 32 million dollars on research, > from in vitro to animal and human studies. Much of the work has been done in > Korea, and some was done at the University of Washington. Ecklonia cava has > been > found to be a very impressive therapeutic supplement for a wide variety of > health conditions. > ________________________________ > > THE SUPER ANTIOXIDANT >  > The potency of an antioxidant is often determined by its molecular structure, > which is made up of rings. These rings provide the antioxidant function. Most > flavonoids generally have three connected rings. ECE has up to eight > interconnected rings, making its free-radical scavenging ability 10-100 times > more powerful than other polyphenols. It is considerably stronger than green > tea > catechins. > > Variable  Antioxidant Profiles of ECE > Ecklonia Cavaâs strength against various free radicals is known to be > highly > potent. ECE itself and its individual components have demonstrated potent > reducing power and scavenging activities against free radicals such as > oxidized > LDL ("bad" cholesterol) and peroxynitrite (a powerful free radical that > appears > to play a major role in many disease processes). > > > A Longer Half-Life > ECE is a distinctive polyphenol in that it has a very long half-life (remains > in > the body longer). This is because ECE is a ocean-based polyphenol that is 40% > fat-soluble. practically all other polyphenols are derived from land-based > plants and are water-soluble. The half-life of ECE is up to 12 hours, > compared > to 30 minutes for water-soluble, land-based polyphenols. Because it is > fat-soluble, ECE also has the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. > > > The Research of Martin Pall, Ph.D. > Peroxynitrite is the most notorious of the free radicals incriminated by > Martin > Pall, Ph.D.'s groundbreaking research on multiple chemical sensitivity, > fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, post traumatic stress disorder, Gulf > War > syndrome, and fourteen other conditions. Peroxynitrite plays a main role in > Dr. > Pallâs mechanism, along with NF-kappaB (an important inflammatory > mediator). ECE > has been found to reduce NF-kappaB as well. >  > ________________________________ > >  > > Safety > "Ecklonia Cava Extract is derived from an edible specie of brown > algea that is > harvested from the waters off the coast of Japan, Korea and China. A unique > patented water extraction process is used to discard all unecessary plant > materials and stringent microbiological tests are done before it > is authenticated to be totally safe for human consumption. Thousands of > people > throughout Asia have been consuming this specie of algea for centuries. >  All > studies indicate that there are no toxicity at any level. > Numerous clinical > tests have been done and no adverse effects have been found at any human > dose > level of 1-10mg/kg". >