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09/25/2003
The Healing Powers of Pine Bark (THE TIMES)
THE TIMES, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2003 / PAGE 13
SO FAMOUS were the curative powers of the pine-laden atmosphere of French Atlantic coastline near Biarritz that every year the ageing, bronchitic King Edward VII, together with his friend Mrs Keppel, would migrate from the damp of England to holiday among the pine forests.
Doctors, biochemists and biologists attending a recent international conference on Andros on oxidative stress in skin biology and medicine, arranged by the University of Athens, learnt that although the air around the pine forests may have been pleasant to breathe, any health advantages of the maritime pines - Pinus pinaster - may actually lie in their bark.
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SO FAMOUS were the curative powers of the pine-laden atmosphere of French Atlantic coastline near Biarritz that every year the ageing, bronchitic King Edward VII, together with his friend Mrs Keppel, would migrate from the damp of England to holiday among the pine forests.
Doctors, biochemists and biologists attending a recent international conference on Andros on oxidative stress in skin biology and medicine, arranged by the University of Athens, learnt that although the air around the pine forests may have been pleasant to breathe, any health advantages of the maritime pines - Pinus pinaster - may actually lie in their bark.
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