Terkini: Flavonoid tangerin mencegah penyakit kardiovaskular

Hasil Kajian awal menunjukkan flavonoid, dikenali sebagai nobiletin, yang terdapat dalam tangerin dapat mengurangkan kandungan kolesterol, glukos, dan triglycerides dalam darah. Nobiletin ini juga menghalang atherosclerosis iaitu pengumpulan plak kolesterol di dinding salur darah (arteri) yang membawa kepada serangan sakit jantung atau strok, serta dapat menghindari diabetes.

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Flavonoid Found In Tangerines May Prevent Cardiovascular Disease

By: Easy Health Options Staff

– April 11, 2011Posted in: Alternative Medicine, Easy Health Options News, Heart Concerns, Nutrition

A compound known as nobiletin — found in tangerines — has been shown to reduce instances of obesity and markers of heart disease in mice, according to research recently published in the journal Diabetes.

A team of scientists fed the rodents diets high in sugar and fat. Half of the mice were given nobiletin supplements, and half were not.

Of the animals that did not receive the flavonoid, most experienced elevated blood levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose and insulin as well as fatty liver.

The mice that were supplemented with nobiletin had none of these negative effects and were actually sensitized to insulin, which may help lower chances of diabetes.

“In longer-term studies, nobiletin also protected these animals from atherosclerosis — the buildup of plaque in arteries — which can lead to a heart attack or stroke. This study really paves the way for future studies to see if this is a suitable treatment for metabolic syndrome and related conditions in people,” said Murray Huff, a vascular biology scientist at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.

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