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vitamin P
(redirected from bioflavinoid)

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vitamin P [′vīd·ə·mən ¦pē]
(biochemistry)
A substance, such as citrin or one or more of its components, believed to be concerned with maintenance of the normal state of the walls of small blood vessels.


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One of these substances is bioflavinoids (vitamins that maintain the resistance of cell and capillary walls).
The potent bioflavinoid stabilizes mast cells so they don't release as many irritants.
Rooibos (pronounced "roy-boss") is naturally caffeine- and tannin-free and full of polyphenols and bioflavinoids (antioxidants), calcium, fluoride, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper and potassium, as well as flavonoids, quercitin and rutin.
 
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