Grapefruit and GSE.Function and Application of Grapefruit seed extract.

How Does it Work?

Grapefruit Seed Extract GSE INCI Name CITRUS GRANDIS SEED EXTRACT EINECS ELINCS No 289-904-6 CAS:90045-43-5 photo picture image It should come as no surprise that we know a lot more about what GSE is good for, than exactly how it works.

Take aspirin. Since its development in 1899, billions of people have benefited from its ability to reduce inflammation, lessen pain, and lower fever. But exactly how it works is only recently being better understood.

"Considering all the electron micrographs, we believe that the microbial uptake of GSE alters the cell membrane by inhibiting enzymatic activities?You can see the loss of the cytoplasmic membrane."

What is not known is how GSE can affect the cell membranes of such a diverse group of microbes with virtually no toxicity toward animal life(The "Acute Oral Toxicity Study" performed by an independent laboratory concluded that you would have to take 4,000 times the normal adult dose to risk a 50% chance of poisoning). And to complicate matters further, since viruses do not have a cell membrane of their own, how is it that GSE can act as an antiviral remedy as it does?

Unraveling the mysteries of GSE and its mechanisms would undoubtedly provide extremely valuable insight into the basic activity of microbes. We might hope that research funds will become available to answer the many questions raised about how it can be so potent and yet so safe.

Reference:

1.Grapefruit and GSE.Function and Application of Grapefruit seed extract.

last edit date:2nd,Mar.2010.

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Name:Grapefruit Seed Extract
Serie No:R011.
Specifications:Aqueous Extract 8:1,Ethanol Extract 10:1 TLC.
INCI Name:CITRUS GRANDIS SEED EXTRACT
EINECS/ELINCS No.:289-904-6
CAS:90045-43-5
Chem/IUPAC Name:Citrus Grandis Seed Extract is an extract of the seeds of the grapefruit,Citrus grandis,Rutaceae.

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