Mushonga uri mumashizha nemakwati emuti weVocanga africana unodzivirira masero kubva pakushanduka kunoita kuti pave neAlzheimer's, Parkinson's uye zvirwere zveuropi zvinokonzeresa nurodegenerative, inodaro Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
Vanhu vekuSão Tomé nePríncipe muGulf of Guinea vakashandisa mashizha nemakwati emuti uyu kwemazana emakore kurapa kuzvimba uye kuderedza kurwara kwepfungwa.
Masayendisiti kubva kuSalk Institute for Biological Studies muU.S. Zvitatu zvacho zvaishandiswa nevarapi veko. Mhedzisiro yezvinyorwa zvakaedzwa pamasero emunhu nembeva. Zvakazoitika kuti Vocanga africana muti inobvisa masero akadzivirirwa kubva kune oxidative kusagadzikana, izvo zvinogona kukonzera kukuvara kweDNA uye kutungamirira kune neurodegeneration. Mukuwedzera, yakanga ine anti-inflammatory effects uye yakadzivisa amyloid-beta kuvaka-up iyo inosimudzira kukura kwechirwere cheAlzheimer.
Icho chinhu chinogona kuitika mumishonga mitsva. Kune akawanda manyuko akadaro emakemikari anobatsira uye ane simba anowanikwa munzvimbo dzakasiyana pasi rose. Vazhinji vavo havana kuedzwa zvachose - anosimbisa munyori weongororo, Pamela Maher. (PAP)