A team of researchers from Italy, Serbia and Spain confirm the protective effect of strawberries in the mammalian stomach are damaged by alcohol. The scientists gave ethanol (ethyl alcohol) to laboratory mice. Apparently, the gastric mucous membrane which previously fed strawberry extract only slightly damaged.
"The positive effects of strawberries not only related to antioxidant capacity and a high content of phenolic compounds, but also the fact that strawberries and enzymes enable the body's antioxidant defenses," said Sara Tulipani, researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) as reported by medicalxpress.com, Wednesday (26 / 10 / 2011).
The study concluded that eating lots of strawberries efficacious to prevent gastric diseases associated with free radicals or reactive oxygen. This fruit can slow the formation of gastric ulcer or gastritis in humans.
Gastritis or inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach can be caused by alcohol consumption, viral infections, drugs such as aspirin or anti-inflammatory drug used to treat against the bacterium Helicobacter pylori.
Maurizio Battino, coordinator of the research group at Marche Polytechnic University (UNIVPM, Italy) showed that in this case, the consumption of strawberries during or after suffering gastritis may reduce damage to the mucous membrane of the stomach.
The team found that inflammation of the stomach wall of the stomach is reduced in rats fed strawberry extract as much as 40 mg / day per kilo of body weight for 10 days before it was given alcohol.
"This study should not be understood as a way to reduce the effects of drunkenness, but rather as a way to find molecules in the membrane that protects the stomach from the damaging effects of different substances," said Battino stressed.
Treatment for stomach ulcers and other diseases currently require new protective drug with antioxidant properties. The compounds found in strawberries could be the answer.
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