Octacosanol (Policosanol)
| Type of posting | Offer |
| Category | Healthcare Supplement |
| City / Port | Beijing, CN, China |
| Description | Sugar Cane Wax/Rice Bran Wax. Policosanol is a unique type of structure - a little bit like an alcohol and a little bit like a fatty acid. In fact, the stuff that you'll find in dietary supplements is a blend of several aliphatic (long chain) alcohols that are derived from either beeswax or sugar cane wax.What is does in the body is help lower cholesterol levels by slowing the body's own synthesis of cholesterol in the liver. Action: 1) It is the major long-chain alcohol in policosanol,and policosanol appears to lower cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol levels. 2) These preliminary studies found that octacosanol had promising effects on endurance, reaction time, and other measures of exercise capacity. |
| Date | 2007 Dec 6, 00:12 |