Professor Masquelier
Professor Jack Masquelier is the inventor of the first & most renowned commercially available OPCs worldwide.
He devoted his over 40 year career in the sciences to the research and development of OPCs. From the first isolation of these compounds to researching and developing their unique health benefits, Professor Masquelier’s name is inseparable from OPCs.
OPCs are compounds that are common in many foods, such as tea, wine, and many other products traditionally associated with a healthy lifestyle. But it wasn’t until 1948 that Professor Masquelier extracted and isolated them for the first time. Using pioneering techniques, he first isolated OPCs from peanut skins and subsequently from the bark of the Maritime Pine tree and certain specific grape seeds. That same year he filed a patent for the industrial method of producing the first botanical product based on OPCs.
Professor Masquelier
Professor Jack Masquelier is the inventor of the first & most renowned commercially available OPCs worldwide.
He devoted his over 40 year career in the sciences to the research and development of OPCs. From the first isolation of these compounds to researching and developing their unique health benefits, Professor Masquelier’s name is inseparable from OPCs.
OPCs are compounds that are common in many foods, such as tea, wine, and many other products traditionally associated with a healthy lifestyle. But it wasn’t until 1948 that Professor Masquelier extracted and isolated them for the first time. Using pioneering techniques, he first isolated OPCs from peanut skins and subsequently from the bark of the Maritime Pine tree and certain specific grape seeds. That same year he filed a patent for the industrial method of producing the first botanical product based on OPCs.
Professor Masquelier
Inventor of the first & most renowned commercially available OPCs worldwide.
Professor Jack Masquelier devoted his over 40 year career in the sciences to the research and development of OPCs. From the first isolation of these compounds to researching and developing their unique health benefits, Professor Masquelier’s name is inseparable from OPCs
Scientists had speculated about the compounds that would be called OPCs for some years. These compounds were common in many foods, such as tea, wine, and many other products traditionally associated with a healthy lifestyle. But it wasn’t until 1948 that Professor Masquelier extracted and isolated them for the first time. Using pioneering techniques, he first isolated OPCs from peanut skins and subsequently from the bark of the Maritime Pine tree and certain specific grape seeds. That same year he filed a patent for the industrial method of producing the first botanical product based on OPCs.
His specific OPCs
Having isolated OPCs, he turned his attention to their potential benefits to human health. Through tireless scientific investigation, Professor Masquelier revealed the many health benefits of a specific formulation of OPCs, now known as MASQUELIER’s® French Pine Bark Extract. A critical early finding was that these OPCs strengthened and protected blood vessels and vascular function, essential for the function of every organ in the body. This set in motion a series of independent clinical studies by several other scientists that sustained Professor Masquelier’s findings and provided conclusive support for using his specific OPCs-compounds in French vasculo-protective medicines.
His specific OPCs
Having isolated OPCs, he turned his attention to their potential benefits to human health. Through tireless scientific investigation, Professor Masquelier revealed the many health benefits of a specific formulation of OPCs, now known as MASQUELIER’s® French Pine Bark Extract. A critical early finding was that these OPCs strengthened and protected blood vessels and vascular function, essential for the function of every organ in the body. This set in motion a series of independent clinical studies by several other scientists that sustained Professor Masquelier’s findings and provided conclusive support for using his specific OPCs-compounds in French vasculo-protective medicines.
OPCs medicines for human health
Finding that the terms used in the fields of phytochemistry and botany could lead to confusion when applied to dietary and pharmaceutical products, Masquelier collaborated with his lifetime friend and colleague Dr. Jean Michaud to bring his OPCs-based products in conformity with nutritional and pharmaceutical standards, making them usable in the field of human health.
From Professor Masquelier’s research, two botanical medicines were developed, in the 1960s, one based on OPCs isolated from Pinus maritima bark (MASQUELIER’s® French Pine Bark Extract), and ten years later another from Vitis vinifera seeds (MASQUELIER’s® Original OPCs). In France, these medicinal products are still sold today.
OPCs medicines for human health
Finding that the terms used in the fields of phytochemistry and botany could lead to confusion when applied to dietary and pharmaceutical products, Masquelier collaborated with his lifetime friend and colleague Dr. Jean Michaud to bring his OPCs-based products in conformity with nutritional and pharmaceutical standards, making them usable in the field of human health.
From Professor Masquelier’s research, two botanical medicines were developed, in the 1960s, one based on OPCs isolated from Pinus maritima bark (MASQUELIER’s® French Pine Bark Extract), and ten years later another from Vitis vinifera seeds (MASQUELIER’s® Original OPCs). In France, these medicinal products are still sold today.
Of great significance now more than ever
In 1985, Dr. Masquelier explained the intense positive effects that OPCs have on the human body when he discovered that his specific OPCs neutralise free radicals, the common cause of seemingly unrelated degenerative conditions and early onset of age-associated changes in the body. He found that they are potent antioxidants and are unique in their ability to work in both the aqueous and lipid phases to provide superior antioxidant support.
Sometimes looking to the past informs future developments and Professor Jack Masquelier’s discoveries are still influencing human health possibilites worldwide. They are of greater significance now more than ever, when life expectancy has increased while accompanied by an equally dramatic increase in cardiovascular and other degenerative diseases.
Of great significance now more than ever
In 1985, Dr. Masquelier explained the intense positive effects that OPCs have on the human body when he discovered that his specific OPCs neutralise free radicals, the common cause of seemingly unrelated degenerative conditions and early onset of age-associated changes in the body. He found that they are potent antioxidants and are unique in their ability to work in both the aqueous and lipid phases to provide superior antioxidant support.
Sometimes looking to the past informs future developments and Professor Jack Masquelier’s discoveries are still influencing human health possibilites worldwide. They are of greater significance now more than ever, when life expectancy has increased while accompanied by an equally dramatic increase in cardiovascular and other degenerative diseases.
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