Chirality: The Key to East Park's Olive Leaf Extract
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olive tree was recognized in antiquity as a good food source and for its
resistance to plant pathogens. Consumers trust the healthy benefits associated
with olives and olive oil: The mono-unsaturated fatty acids, and phytochemicals
with beneficial properties of their own. One phytochemical particularly
concentrated in the leaves is Oleuropein, a potent antimicrobial which has
inhibited the growth of every human pathogen it has been tested against,
including viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi and yeast.
This antimicrobial activity occurs because oleuropein
breaks down in the body to elolenic acid (in the form of calcium elenolate; a
calcium salt). Elolenic acid interacts with a target pathogen at a receptor, as
a key interacts with a lock. The elolenic acid is the key and the pathogen
receptor is the lock. Specific keys fit specific locks.
Elolenic acid comes in two forms that are mirror images
of each other and may be thought of as a pair of identical twins. The only
difference between the two kinds of elolenic acid is their handedness. One
reflects light to the right (right-handedness), while the other reflects light
to the left (left-handedness). This difference, chirality, defines how the key
is tooled, and determines how well it fits a particular lock. Chirality is
caused by different spatial arrangements of atoms around a single carbon atom.
Left-handed elolenic acid binds completely (100%) to
serum protein, which prevents interaction with pathogen receptors. Right-handed
elolenic acid interacts directly with pathogen receptors. When the elolenic acid
(key) fits the pathogen receptor (lock), the pathogen is inhibited or destroyed.
Upjohn Company discovered the role of elolenic acid in
oleuropein. East Park Research discovered a patented process in 1995 that
preferentially isolates and supplies concentrated right-handed elolenic acid. We
are committed to continued research and development to continuously bring you
the most beneficial oleuropein that forms right-handed elolenic acid. Our
independent laboratory is developing an assay to report the chiral breakdown of
olive leaf extracts because we believe that chirality truly is the measurement
of the effectiveness of olive leaf extract. East Park Research remains dedicated
to sound science in the service of human wellness.
EAST PARK RESEARCH INC. is the inventor of the original
olive leaf extract (EDEN) and is the only manufacturer of olive leaf extract
that is truly therapeutic. All conventional extraction methods create a powdered
concentration whose active ingredients bind rapidly to serum proteins in the
blood, rendering them virtually useless in living organisms.*
*Quote from Dr. Morton Walker’s book OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT
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