Ginin da ke cikin ganye da bawon bishiyar Voacanga africana yana kare kwayoyin halitta daga canje-canjen da ke haifar da ci gaban cututtukan Alzheimer, Parkinson da cututtukan neurodegenerative, in ji Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
Mutanen São Tomé da Principe a mashigin tekun Guinea sun yi amfani da ganye da bawon wannan bishiyar shekaru ɗaruruwan shekaru don magance kumburi da kuma rage ƙwaƙƙwaran tabin hankali.
Masana kimiyya daga Cibiyar Nazarin Halittar Halittu ta Salk da ke Amurka sun yi nazarin abubuwan da aka samu daga nau'ikan tsirrai guda biyar da aka samu a tsibiran. Uku daga cikinsu likitocin gida ne suka yi amfani da su. An gwada tasirin tsantsa akan ƙwayoyin jikin mutum da na linzamin kwamfuta. Ya juya cewa Voacanga africana bishiyar tana fitar da sel masu kariya daga damuwa na oxygen, wanda zai iya haifar da lalacewar DNA kuma ya haifar da neurodegeneration. Bugu da ƙari, yana da tasirin anti-mai kumburi kuma ya hana ginawar amyloid-beta wanda ke inganta ci gaban cutar Alzheimer.
Yana da yuwuwar sinadari a cikin sabbin ƙwayoyi. Akwai da yawa irin waɗannan tushen tushen fa'ida kuma masu ƙarfi waɗanda ake samu a wurare daban-daban na duniya. Yawancin su ba a gwada su ba kwata-kwata - ya jaddada marubucin binciken, Pamela Maher. (PAP)