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Ingredient |
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Action |
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Bilberry |
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Increases circulation. Reduces skin creases from skin hypoxia (opposite effects of smoking) |
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Grape seed extract |
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Proanthocyanidin. Also, benefits Ocular stress-Taking grape seed extract containing proanthocyanidin constituents orally might help decrease ocular stress from glare |
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Green tea leaf extract, decaffeinated |
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Decreases redness and suppresses skin inflammation, antioxidant |
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Guggul |
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Acne benefits similar to tetracycline. Promotes health of sebaceous glands |
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L-Alanine |
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Elastin is rich in valine and alanine |
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L-glutathione |
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Converts DOPA quinolone to pheomelanin. involved in DNA synthesis and repair, protein and prostaglandin synthesis, amino acid transport, metabolism of toxins and carcinogens, immune system function, prevention of oxidative cell damage, and enzyme activation (5344,5386). Cellular glutathione levels increase during exercise (5398,5386). Glutathione deficiency is associated with aging, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetes, lung and gastrointestinal disease, pre-eclampsia, Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders |
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L-Tyrosine |
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Promotes healing protein formation hair |
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Lutein |
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Antioxidant. Blocks UV. Supports macula. |
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Mucin Complex |
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Inner layer tear film adds structural support |
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N-Acetyl L-Cysteine |
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Converts DOPA quinolone to pheomelanin (red/blond color, versus eumelanin - brown/black hair color). High sulfer proteins, rich in cysteine (9-25 kDa) forms a biologic glue between keratin filaments of hair cortex |
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Phosphatidylcholine, Phosphatidyl serine, Phosphatidylethanolamine, Phosphatidylinositol, Phosphatidic Acid, Sphingomyelin |
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Polar phospholipids straddle and stabilizie various layers of the tear film |
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Premium Acai Berry |
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Potent in vitro antioxidant activity against superoxide and peroxyl radical which is higher than other fruits. But has only mild antioxidant activity against peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radical. This extract also appears to inhibit cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1) and COX-2 in vitro (15051). |
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Quercetin |
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Decreases fat tissue growth. Quercetin has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, and cardioprotective effects (481,1995,16418). Its antioxidant effects are related to the catechol-type B-ring and location of hydroxyl substitutions (16418). When acting as an antioxidant, it can be converted to substances which release reactive oxygen species when they are converted back to quercetin. Therefore, it can have pro-oxidant activity, especially at high doses (16418).
The anti-inflammatory effects of quercetin might be due to inhibition of the production and activity of leukotrienes and prostaglandins, and inhibition of histamine release by basophils and mast cells (483). Studies in cell cultures and in animals indicate that quercetin inhibits the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) enzyme, and also nuclear factor-kappa B which controls expression of genes encoding pro-inflammatory cytokines |
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Valine (branched chain amino acids) |
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Elastin is rich in valine and alanine |
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Zeaxanthin (CHRYSANTIS) |
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Antioxidant. Blocks UV. Supports macula. |