But new findings, published in the American Journal of Physiology, suggest that the anti-oxidant resveratrol reverses the increase in both the compound, superoxide, and subsequently the blood pressure as well.“This is an important study on at least two levels,” says P.S. MohanKumar, associate professor of pathobiology and diagnostic investigation at Michigan State University. “First, it continues to confirm the negative effect that long-term estrogen exposure has for females. Second, it provides a new rationale for how and why this relationship occurs.”
