Wine Compound Loses Some Buzz

摘要

The buzz around resveratrol has calmed down since the heydays in mid-2000. Back then resveratrol gained a lot of media focus being portrayed by the main trend-setters in the United States including Dr. Oz, Barbara Walters and New York Times as a modern-day fountain of youth. Interest was great, also from major pharma companies, and finally GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) paid $720 million to acquire the resveratrol-compa-ny Sirtris in 2008. Today Sirtris is closed down, Oprah has dumped Dr. Oz and the hype around resveratrol has faded for the benefit of science and the long-term stability in the category.