[NYTr] Cuban Scientists Extend Clinical Trials with Antioxidant Vimang

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Cuban Scientists Extend Clinical Trials With Vimang

Havana, Nov 29 (acn) Cuban antioxidant supplement Vimang is being used 
in clinical trials on diseases such as asthma, HIV/AIDS, diabetes and 
dermatitis and the elderly, to improve their quality of life reduce 
their consumption of medications.

In statements to acn news agency, a specialist at the Center of 
Pharmaceutical Chemistry (CQF), Carmen Valenti, said Vimang, which is a 
natural substance obtained from the bark of mango trees, is also in the 
preclinical stage in fighting other ailments including Alzheimers
Disease and Ataxia.

Valenti, who is participating at the 6th Continental Congress on 
Natural Medicine underway in Havana's Convention Center, stressed the 
significant improvements of asthma patients after the use of Vimang.

She also referred to the anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and 
immune-modulating properties of the medication which is produced in 
cream, in syrup and in pills.

The CQF, with 18 years of experience, promotes the postgraduate 
training of healthcare specialists and produces several medications, 
but Vimang, which is a registered trade mark, is the most popular one 
among the Cuban people, said the commercial director of that scientific 
research center, Miguel de la Hoz.



Vimang boosts the anti-oxidant functions of the human body in healthy 
people under environmental or nutritional risks, and in individuals 
under physical or psychological stress due to chronic or transmissible 
diseases.



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