Curbing Clots, by Elizabeth Gudrais (Sept-Oct, 2012)

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Researchers discovered rutin's anti-thrombotic property when they screened a set of 5,000 compounds for their ability to block the action of a key protein involved in the formation of vessel-clogging blood clots. When rutin rose to the top of the list, "It was very surprising, and we still don't understand exactly why it is so potent," says associate professor of medicine Robert Flaumenhaft, the study's senior author.

Click here to read Ms. Gudrais' entire article at Harvard Magazine.

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