ʻO ka pūhui i loko o nā lau a me ka ʻili o ka lāʻau Voacanga africana e pale i nā cell i nā loli e alakaʻi i ka ulu ʻana o nā maʻi nurodegenerative Alzheimer, Parkinson a me ka lolo, hōʻike i ka Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
Ua hoʻohana ka poʻe o São Tomé a me Príncipe ma ke Kai Kūʻono o Guinea i nā lau a me ka ʻili o kēia kumulāʻau no nā haneli mau makahiki e mālama ai i ka mumū a hoʻopau i ka maʻi noʻonoʻo.
Ua kālailai nā kānaka ʻepekema mai ka Salk Institute for Biological Studies ma US i nā unuhi mai ʻelima mau ʻano mea kanu i loaʻa ma nā mokupuni. ʻEkolu o lākou i hoʻohana ʻia e nā mea hoʻōla kūloko. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ka hopena o nā mea unuhi i nā pūnaewele kanaka a me nā ʻiole. Ua hoʻololi ʻia ʻo Voacanga africana lāʻau extract i pale i nā cell mai ke koʻikoʻi oxidative, hiki ke hōʻino i ka DNA a alakaʻi i ka neurodegeneration. Eia kekahi, ua loaʻa iā ia nā hopena anti-inflammatory a kāohi i ka amyloid-beta build-up e hāpai ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka maʻi o Alzheimer.
He mea hiki ia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou. Nui nā kumu o nā pūhui pono a ikaika i loaʻa ma nā wahi like ʻole a puni ka honua. ʻAʻole i hoʻāʻo ʻia ka hapa nui o lākou - ʻo ka mea kākau o ka noiʻi, ʻo Pamela Maher. (PAP)