A: According to some impressive research, by supplementing your diet with Cat’s Claw Tea or an alcohol-liquid extract.
Research published in the Journal of Food Chemistry suggests that Cat’s Claw( Uncaria tomentosa) possesses higher antioxidant properties than the fruits, vegetables, grains and other medicinal plants which were also tested.
The Cat’s Claw was tested in two ways: as an aqueous extract (a traditional tea prepared by simmering the bark in hot water) and as an alcoholic extract. Both types of extracts were prepared from the bark as it grows in nature, not a patented formula in which certain types of alkaloids were removed. Both of these extracts were found to contain a high TEAC level. TEAC stands for trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity.
The trolox (a form of Vitamin E) equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assay is a popular method for assessing the capacity of a compound to scavenge a form of free radicals known as ABTS*.
ABTS is a chemical compound frequently used by the food industry and agricultural researchers to measure the antioxidant capacities of foods.[1] The ABTS [free] radical form is reactive towards most antioxidants including phenolics, thiols and Vitamin C The reactivity of the various antioxidants tested are compared to that of Trolox, which is a vitamin E analog using the TEAC test. In this case, the ABTS antioxidant capacity of Cat’s Claw—Uncaria tomentosa—was measured and compared to a variety of fruits, vegetables and grains. Cat’s Claw came out on top.
(For more information, see Food Chemistry, Vol. 88, Issue 4, Dec. 2004, pp. 567-570.)
* in biochemistry, 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid
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