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Montreal Chiropractic Nutrition Info: Hawthorn Extract Is Anti-Oxidant and Anti-Cell Death

A hawthorn tree…more than just a shade tree growing in the northern hemisphere. The hawthorn tree’s medicinal reputation is growing! Just as its shade is welcome when it’s hot, the antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antioxidant properties of hawthorn extract are welcome to lower bacteria, oxidation effects and more. Already recorded to have favorable benefits for cardiovascular health and treatment of cardiovascular disorders due to its flavonoid content, the hawthorn tree’s flavonoid content determined it to be useful for more issues including spinal cord injury and staph infection. (1,2) Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic establishes Montreal chiropractic treatment plans with incorporated nutrition to tackle these issues and more with nutrients like those from hawthorn when appropriate. The Montreal chiropractic care is always centered on what your body needs!

FLAVONOIDS IN HAWTHORN LEAVES’ EXTRACT

Hawthorn leaves’ antioxidant and antimicrobial attributes are expanding its reputation as a well-known herbal medicine plant. Hawthorn’s total phenols, total flavonoid content, and antioxidant activity tested well in a recent study, especially for hyperoside, chlorogenic acid, and isoquercetin in hawthorn fruits. (2) Methanol and ethanol extracts of hawthorn showed high levels of total flavonoids and polyphenols. The methanol extract of hawthorn had the strongest antibacterial level against bacteria, especially stapholococcus aureus (SA). It damaged the cell wall and membrane of SA and stopped its enzyme activity, raised reactive oxygen species, transformed gene expression, and triggered SA cell death. (3) Hawthorn’s methanol extract is potent!

FLAVONOIDS IN CARE OF SPINAL CORD INJURY

Research arranged to be published in 2021 shares the powerful therapeutic benefits of hawthorn leaves’ flavonoids for spine cord injury. Hawthorn leaves were found to have plenty of total flavonoid species and content. Research reported that this kind of an abundance of flavonoids can reduce apoptosis (cell death) and use neuroprotective effects to foster motor function in rats with spinal cord injury. (4) An appealing step toward potential human benefit and Montreal back pain reduction.

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Schedule your next Montreal chiropractic visit with Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic.  Nutritional considerations are important in overall Montreal chiropractic care particularly when benefits of natural sources like the hawthorn tree are anti-oxidant, anti-microbial and anti-cell death in spinal issues, foci of care at Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic. The hawthorn is so much more just a tree like Montreal chiropractic care is so much more than just a treatment. See you soon!

 
Dr. Hoang's Chiropractic Clinic shares new research regarding the flavonoids of the hawthorn tree leaves’ extract that are antioxidant, antibacterial, antimicrobial and anti-cell death.  
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