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Anti-Viral & Anti-Bacterial
Activities
of Sea Polyphenols

SEANOL®


Anti-Viral & Anti-Bacterial
Activities
of Sea Polyphenols

To restore the cellular health


Anti-Viral & Anti-Bacterial
Activities
of Sea Polyphenols
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Origin of SEANOL®

SEANOL® is a registered trade name of Botamedi Inc (new corporate name of "Livechem Inc" since 2012) and Simply Healthy, LLC that represents dietary phlorotannins of brown algae.

The SEANOL®-brand Ecklonia cava Extracts such as SEANOL®-P (a.k.a., SEAPOLYNOL®) and SEANOL®-F are rich in special class of health-supporting phlorotannins called "eckols". They are manufactured by Botamedi Inc (Jeju, S. Korea) and are the only Ecklonia cava extracts authorized for dietary consumption both by US FDA (NDI in 2008) and European Union (NFI in 2018).

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Terminology

SEANOL®: Registered trade name of Botamedi Inc (also of Simply Healthy, LLC in the US) that represents wide scope of commercial grades of dietary phlorotannins.

SEAPOLYNOL®: Registered trade name of Botamedi Inc that represents a dietary ingredient with 90+% phlorotannins (rich in various eckols) extracted from Ecklonia cava . In 2008, US FDA authorized Botamedi's SEAPOLYNOL® (a.k.a.,SEANOL®-P) as a new dietary ingredient (NDI). In 2018, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reconfirmed its safety and EU authorized it as Novel Food Ingredient (NFI). Therefore, in the US and EU, SEAPOLYNOL® is only Ecklonia cava extract (or Ecklonia cava phlorotannins ) that is legally traded in the dietary supplement market.

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Chemistry of SEANOL®

Molecular  of Sea Polyphenols

The uniqueness in chemistry of Sea polyphenols is that it is made of only one monomer called "Phloroglucinol".

In other words, Sea Polyphenols are dehydro-oligomeric adducts of phloroglucinol.

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Cellualr Health

Based on numerous researches conducted by scientists around the world, the healing effects of SEANOL® and its component eckols are proposed to be the result of "cellular health" induced by the synergistic action of their pro-circulatory, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities.

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General Questions

SEANOL®: Registered trade name of Botamedi Inc (also of Simply Healthy, LLC in the US) that represents wide scope of commercial grades of dietary phlorotannins.
SEAPOLYNOL®: Registered trade name of Botamedi Inc that represents a dietary ingredient with 90+% phlorotannins (rich in various eckols) extracted from Ecklonia cava . In 2008, US FDA authorized Botamedi's SEAPOLYNOL® (a.k.a.,SEANOL®-P) as a new dietary ingredient (NDI). In 2018, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reconfirmed its safety and EU authorized it as Novel Food Ingredient (NFI). Therefore, in the US and EU, SEAPOLYNOL® is only Ecklonia cava extract (or Ecklonia cava phlorotannins ) that is legally traded in the dietary supplement market.
SEANOL®-P is an alternative name of SEAPOLYNOL®, a dietary ingredient with 90+% phlorotannins extracted from Ecklonia cava . SEANOL® is an well-known example of applying the new dietary ingredient SEAPOLYNOL® in a dietary supplement. A blend of 13% of SEANOL®-P and 87% dextrin to promote efficient absorption of SEAPOLYNOL® through capsules or tablets.
Eckols: A special group of phlorotannin molecules with one or more fused-ring (dibenzo-p-dioxin and/or benzofuran) structures that occur only in special species of brown algae including Ecklonia cava . They include eckols, dieckol, 6,6'-bieckol, 8,8'-bieckol, phlorofucofuroeckol-A and many other homologues that show extraordinary bioactivities.
Polyphenol is a broader concept that represents polyhydroxylated aromatic compounds (usually of natural origin) that include phlorotannins as well as terrestrial polyphenols such as flavonoids and resveratrol. Therefore, phlorotannins are a special class of polyphenols that are found in algae (mostly brown algae).

  

  

The Center for the Science of SEANOL®

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