improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2013 the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources provexis news newspapers books scholar jstor free images september 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message provexis plc type public traded as lse pxs industry food industry headquarters london uk revenue unknown operating income unknown net income unknown number of employees 10 website www.provexis.com provexis plc is a company established in 1999 to bring the tomato extract fruitflow to the market . the fruitflow product has been approved by the european food safety authority as having a positive effect in the prevention of blood platelet aggregation . it was discovered by professor asim duttaroy ten years ago when he was working at the rowett institute of nutrition and health of aberdeen university . he is now working at the faculty of medicine university of oslo norway . he was searching for an effective anti clotting chemical in plants so he bought every type of fruit and vegetable in aberdeen and tested them . 1 the company has 75 % ownership of nsp 3g a potential treatment for crohn s disease with liverpool university as the research partner . the company is also researching a potential peptic ulcer treatment in a venture with manchester university . since 2008 the largest shareholder in provexis plc is dsm venturing with a 30 % holding . barclays hold 8 % . provexis is the owner of the fruit juice brand sirco . the juice contains the fruitflow tomato extract and is currently available to buy in the united kingdom . references edit http www.dailymail.co.uk health article 1226462 could tomato pips protect heart attack.html this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title provexis & oldid 727392985 categories food and drink companies of the united kingdomfood company stubshidden categories orphaned articles from february 2013all orphaned articlesarticles with topics of unclear notability from september 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilityall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 june 2016 at 18 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view