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Policosanol - Cholesterol Support
PL Thomas offers Policosanol extracted from sugar cane wax for use in CV Health and Cholesterol support applications. Policosanol is a mixture of isolated higher primary aliphatic alcohols whose main component is octacosanol. This ingredient has been widely researched in Cuba, China and the US. It has been shown to lower cholesterol in animal models, healthy volunteers, and patients with hypercholesterolemia.
A published review of clinical studies* shows that the use of Policosanol “at doses of 10 to 20 mg per day, lowers total cholesterol by 17% to 21% and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by 21% to 29% and raises high-density lipoprotein cholesterol by 8% to 15%.” “Daily doses of 10 mg of Policosanol have been shown to be equally effective in lowering total or LDL cholesterol as the same dose of simvastatin or pravastatin.” “At dosages of up to 20 mg per day, Policosanol is safe and well tolerated.”
PLT’s Policosanol provides several advantages to formulators and manufacturers of nutritional supplements. It is made from sugar cane wax – the same raw material source used for various clinical studies. In addition the PLT product is manufactured by a unique process known as molecular distillation. As a result we are able to supply Policosanol that is not in violation of existing US patents.
* Loanna Gouni-Berthold, MD, Heiner K. Berthold, MD, PhD, Policosanol: Clinical pharmacology and therapeutic significance of a new lipid-lowering agent. American Heart Journal, February 2002; p. 356-365
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PL Thomas offers Policosanol extracted from sugar cane wax for use in CV Health and Cholesterol support applications. Policosanol is a mixture of isolated higher primary aliphatic alcohols whose main component is octacosanol. This ingredient has been widely researched in Cuba, China and the US. It has been shown to lower cholesterol in animal models, healthy volunteers, and patients with hypercholesterolemia.
A published review of clinical studies* shows that the use of Policosanol “at doses of 10 to 20 mg per day, lowers total cholesterol by 17% to 21% and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by 21% to 29% and raises high-density lipoprotein cholesterol by 8% to 15%.” “Daily doses of 10 mg of Policosanol have been shown to be equally effective in lowering total or LDL cholesterol as the same dose of simvastatin or pravastatin.” “At dosages of up to 20 mg per day, Policosanol is safe and well tolerated.”
PLT’s Policosanol provides several advantages to formulators and manufacturers of nutritional supplements. It is made from sugar cane wax – the same raw material source used for various clinical studies. In addition the PLT product is manufactured by a unique process known as molecular distillation. As a result we are able to supply Policosanol that is not in violation of existing US patents.
* Loanna Gouni-Berthold, MD, Heiner K. Berthold, MD, PhD, Policosanol: Clinical pharmacology and therapeutic significance of a new lipid-lowering agent. American Heart Journal, February 2002; p. 356-365
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