Substances that are in red wine, peanuts and some other vegetable products prolong life, according to the Internet edition for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old Pannochka. net Scientists have discovered that the compound - resveratrol, contained in grapes and red wine, increases the life span of yeast cells by 80%. Scientists from Harvard Medical School who have been researching hope that these substances prolong the life of not only yeast cells but also multicellular organisms - worms, fruit flies, humans, finally. By the way, in the study on worms, encouraging data has already been obtained. Now a study is planned on mice.

In their studies, scientists sought the likeness of the so-called Holy Grail: substances that activate enzymes that affect the genes that govern the age. They say that now they found these substances. Experts have studied thousands of compounds to find out which of them can activate enzymes. They found 18 compounds possessing such properties, among them resveratrol. All these substances of vegetable origin are produced in response to unfavorable environmental conditions, for example, drought. Scientists said: "We believe that we understand why plants produce such substances. Probably, this is part of their own defensive reaction, we also believe that animals and mushrooms living on plants can use them ".

To prove their theory, scientists give an example: varieties of red wines from regions with more adverse climatic conditions such as Spain, Chile, Argentina and Australia contain more resveratrol, in contrast to wines produced from grapes that have not been subjected to such tests and dehydration medicus. en.