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Benefits of Myricetin
DJAB • May 4, 2021
The Flavonoid That Supports Your Body And So Much More...
Myricetin, also known as myricetol, is a naturally occurring compound that belongs to the group of chemicals known as flavonoids. Flavonoids are known for their antioxidant properties. Myricetin stands out in this group as a particularly strong antioxidant.
A variant of myricetin (dihydromyricetin or ampelopsin) likely gives the oriental raisin tree its “anti-hangover” properties. The oriental raisin tree has been used as a hangover cure, as it reduces the alcohol levels in the blood.
Myricetin is also attached to many sugar storing molecules in plants (glycosides). Glycosides in flowers of Roselle are beneficial for patients with high blood pressure, as they reduce blood pressure.
A single compound with the ability to improve the well-being of everything from your bones to your brain is worth knowing more about– including how to get more of it into your diet.
This compound was first isolated more than 100 years ago from the bark of a small Indian tree belonging to the genus Myrica (hence the name myricetin). At the time, interest in the light yellow-colored crystals was for their use as a dye.
The benefits of this flavonoid are far-reaching, due in part to the multiplicity of ways in which myricetin interacts in the body. It’s an antioxidant, disarming dangerous free radicals. It also disrupts cellular pathways, interacting with enzymes to inhibit their activities.
Protection From Free Radicals: Myricetin possesses spare electrons that it can safely offer to free radicals, preventing them from destroying healthy molecules by stealing their electrons, turning them into free radicals too. It’s antioxidation effects exceed that of Vitamin E, acting twice as fast on oxygen-centered galvinoxyl radicals. Antioxidants improve bone health by protecting the molecules that contribute to the bone remodeling process.
Anti-Platelet Aggregation –
myricetin may prevent human platelets from clotting, which reduces inflammation. This is likely due to myricetin inhibiting thromboxane formation.
Anti-Inflammatory –
It also may inhibit the signaling pathways the body uses to produce inflammation. It has been shown activity against the Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced inflammatory response, suggesting that myricetin is a therapeutic agent for the treatment of periodontitis.
Arthritis Relief –
Myricetin may inhibit cell death and induces the differentiation of osteoblast-like cells to reduce the effects of arthritis.
Anti-Allergy –
Mast cell-mediated allergic inflammation is significantly reduced by exposure to myricetin, through the inhibition of histamine release in cells, meaning this compound is a must for anyone trying to manage allergies.
Skin Care –
Myricetin has anti-photoaging action on the skin. It eliminates the free radicals in the skin that cause aging when exposed to UVB rays. This also extends to protection from skin cancer. It has been shown to have examined both topical application and the effects of the polyphenol in vitro.
Anti-Cancer –
Myricetin has been shown to be cytotoxic towards a variety of human cancer cell lines, including hepatic, uterine, skin, pancreatic, prostate, lung, and colon cancer cells. It’s enzyme-inhibiting activities also interrupt the initiation and progression of cancer, meaning it both works to prevent and fight cancer cells.
Blood Pressure –
myricetin can effectively reduce hypertension along with oxidative stress in rats. Oral application of the compound reduced systolic blood pressure, changed vascular reactivity and reversed an induced increase in heart rate.
Pain Relief –
Myricetin produces an analgesic effect, reducing pain from physical stimuli and internal inflammation. This makes myricetin a natural alternative to dangerous painkillers including opioids.
Parkinson’s Disease –
Myricetin mitigates neurodegenerative diseases, often through its interaction with specific brain receptors. This results in protective effects against the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Alzheimer’s Disease –
The same process that protects against Parkinson’s also helps to protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease. This may be due to the compound’s disruption of tau proteins, which are abundant in the neurons of the central nervous system, or the blocking of damaging β-amyloid fibril formation.
Liver Protection –
It has been shown that myricetin protects the liver by restoring hepatic function and the balance of serum enzymes. It also reduces DNA damage in the liver. As Savers know, a healthy liver is essential to keeping the body’s pH in balance, protecting the bones from mineral redistribution.
Heart Health –
Myricetin has a vasculoprotective effect. It alters vascular disease-related genes. Oral administration has been shown in mice to reduce heart rate and the levels of cardiac marker enzymes. It works to prevent atherosclerosis, and protect the heart in the presence of cardiovascular diseases.
Eye Protection –
Because it is a strong aldose reductase inhibitor, myricetin exhibits anticataract activity. It has been shown that myricetin delayed both the onset and progression of cataract development in the the eyes. It lowers intraocular pressure, and thus is useful for the treatment of glaucoma. Good vision is incredibly important for fracture prevention, since it reduces the incidence of falls and other accidents.
Anti-Diabetic –
Myricetin is useful for the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes by stimulating the uptake of glucose without functional insulin receptors.
Anti-Obesity –
By decreasing the intracellular accumulation of triglycerides, myricetin may combat obesity. Obese rats treated with myricetin experienced weight loss and lower plasma lipid levels.
Antibacterial & Antiviral –
Myricetin has been shown to act against several bacterial and viral organisms. This includes the inhibition of E.coli through a disruption of an enzyme that replicates and elongates its DNA. It also has been shown to produce significant zones of inhibition in a large number of other bacteria, including K. pneumonia, S. dysenteriae and Corynebacterium diphtheria. It has also been found to be a strong inhibitor of reverse transcriptase from Rauscher murine leukemia virus (RLV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Immune Boost –
It has been shown that myricetin modifies the immune response or the functioning of the immune system by stimulating the formation of antibodies, or inhibiting the activity of white blood cells. This makes myricetin an extra powerful tool during cold and flu season.
Clearly, myricetin benefits the health of your bones via many channels, from its antioxidant qualities to the eyesight protection it offers, to the reduction of inflammation and pain. But the bone benefits of myricetin get even more direct.
Myricetin Helps Build Bone
Myricetin remarkably triggers a chain of events in the body that leads to an increase in bone mass. The compound increases Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 (BMP-2) synthesis, resulting in osteoblast maturation and differentiation, and a subsequent increase of bone mass.
Myricetin is directly involved in the production of elements necessary for building new bone, making it an essential polyphenol for anyone trying to increase the density and strength of their bones.
Foods That Contain Myricetin
Fortunately, all of these benefits are available through a multitude of delicious foods that are easy to incorporate into your diet. You probably already eat many of them, but now that you’re aware of the extra power they pack, you can prioritize them in your meal planning.
- Apples
- Bananas
- Beer
- Black Currants
- Blueberries
- Bok Choi
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Cherries
- Cranberries
- Dill
- Fava Beans
- Fennel
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Grapes
- Green Chilis
- Green Tea
- Guava
- Honey
- Lemons
- Oranges
- Oregano
- Parsley
- Plums
- Prunes
- Raisins
- Raspberries
- Red and white wine
- Red Cabbage
- Red Onions
- Rutabaga
- Strawberries
- Swiss Chard
- Tomato
- Turmeric
- Yellow Peppers
Just another amazing natural plant-based extract that has the possibilities of supporting and assisting the body towards a healthy immune system, and a healthier you.
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