06/13/2019 / By Chloe Divino
In this study, researchers from Gifu University in Japan showed that defatted white sesame seed flour has neuroprotective and anti-apoptotic properties. Their findings about the bioactivity of water-soluble fractions purified from defatted sesame seed flour were published in the journal Nutrition Research.
Based on these results, the researchers concluded that defatted white sesame seed flour not only has the potential to prevent the development of neurodegenerative conditions through its antioxidant activity, it also has a neuroprotective ability that functions via an anti-apoptotic mechanism.
Journal Reference:
Othman SB, Katsuno N, Kitayama A, Fujimura M, Kitaguchi K, Yabe T. WHITE SESAME SEED WATER-SOLUBLE FRACTION ENHANCES HUMAN NEUROBLAST CELL VIABILITY VIA AN ANTI-APOPTOTIC MECHANISM. Nutrition Research. October 2016;36(10):1130–1139. DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2016.07.007
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