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Unraveling the Secrets of Antiaging through Plant Stem Cell Therapy

Written by Heda Belle Decrito, R.N.

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 11:28

Unraveling the Secrets of Antiaging through Plant Stem Cell Therapy

By: Heda Belle Decrito, R.N.

Aging is an inevitable phenomenon that all of us have to go through. No matter how much we wanted to stop it, we continue to grow older each day. Not only do we have to worry about the number that’s being added to our age every year, we also have to deal with the unsightly effects of it. As we age, our skin loses its elasticity and wrinkles and fine lines start to appear. Also, our bones become brittle, and we become more prone to like cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis, infection and other degenerative diseases.

Surely, we can’t turn back the hands of time and stay young forever. However, breakthroughs in research and technology have somehow managed to lull the ticking of our biologic clock and provided us with innovations that actually delay the aging process, as well as prevent the unlikely occurrence of age-related diseases. Plant Stem Cell Therapy is one innovation that unravels the secrets of anti-aging.

Plant stem cell therapy (PSC), uses extracts from embryonic parts of plants – rootlets, shoots, buds and inner bark. These plant extracts possess high concentrations of phytochemicals, vitamins and minerals. Vitamins and minerals are essential nutrients that help support our immune system, while phytochemicals are plant components that also offer numerous benefits to our health. And these substances are the key ingredients in successfully defying the signs of aging, especially when taken in the form of PSC therapy.

Written by Heda Belle Decrito, R.N.

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 00:00

Beneficial Effects of Plant Hormones to Human Health

By: Heda Belle Decrito, R.N.

Plant hormones or Phytohormones are organic compounds that are synthesized in a particular part of a plant and then conveyed to other parts. Even in low concentration, phytohormones are able to regulate the growth and development of plants, as well as affect their ability to differentiate cells and tissues. Phytohormones affect the plants’ ability to respond to environmental stimuli. They are also responsible for the plants’ longevity and death, time of flowering, as well as in the development and ripening of fruit. Plant hormones are abundant in embryonic plant tissues and not in mature plant cells.

Like plants, the human body also produces hormones and enzymes. In people and vertebrate animals, hormones act as chemical messengers that are utilized by the endocrine, nervous, and immune systems to convey unseen electrical impulses and chemical signals that would facilitate communication within a cell or between cell and/or among system organs. Hormones and enzymes also regulate body functions, control human behavior and integrate systemic functions – nervous, immune and endocrine systems, etc.

Plants cannot benefit from human hormones; however, plant hormones can do wondrous health effects to human health. Laboratory findings show that plant hormones can stimulate human immune cells that boost the body’s natural defense against stressors and diseases. There are three types of plant hormones that have shown promising benefits to us humans - Plant Growth Hormone (PGH), Plant Stress Hormone (PSH) and Plant Immune Hormone (PIH).