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Hesperidin-Vitamin P |
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| Hesperidin is one of the bioflavonoids, naturally occurring nutrients usually found in association with Vitamin C. These bioflavonoids include Hesperidin, Citrin, Rutin, Flavones, Flavonals,
Catechin, and Quercetin. Hesperidin is linked to capillary health as well as healthy circulation. Like other bioflavonoids, hesperidin works best when given with Vitamin C and other bioflavonoids. No signs of toxicity have been observed with normal intake of hesperidin. Hesperidin is a bioflavonoid. Bioflavonoids are any of a group of colored substances found in many fruits, and enhance the activity of vitamin-C. These substances are not vitamins but were dubbed "vitamin P" by Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, a famed Hungarian researcher. He is one and the same Gyorgyi who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery of vitamin C. It was in the course of isolating vitamin C that he came across the bioflavonoids. He had a friend with bleeding gums and thought this condition might have something to do with a vitamin C deficiency. He gave the man some of his raw , impure vitamin C, and sure enough the bleeding gums cleared up. Later on, confronted by a recurrence of bleeding gums, he decided to try again; this time with pure vitamin C, he expected to observe an even more dramatic result. No such luck. The man's gums went right on bleeding. Szent-Gyorygi re-examined his earlier preparation and decided that the effective impurity was one of the bioflavonoids. He then tried these by themselves, and reported that they worked. He named these substances "vitamin P." The bioflavonoids thus first came into use as primarily as protectors of capillaries, the tiniest blood vessels in the body. A deficiency state has never been identified, so hesperidin is not a true vitamin. |
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