Modern society has repeatedly thought about the question: “How to slow down or stop the aging process of the body?”. Old age is not a disease, and life can be extended – these are the assumptions of the outstanding biologist Ilya Mechnikov. Today’s scientists are trying to prove it in every way.
On the day of Russian science, scientists from the Medical Institute of SurSU, together with scientists from the National Center for Biotechnology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, presented the project. It talked about research that will help in the near future to treat patients with incurable diseases.
Miraculous Berries
A couple of years ago, graduate medical students of the Surgut State University picked wild berries from the Surgut region. It was cranberries, blueberries, lingonberries. Having isolated their extract, they sent it to their colleagues in Kazakhstan. In the course of continuous research that has been carried out over the past two years, encouraging facts have been revealed. This applies to the biologically active components of the berries that can be used in the manufacture of dietary supplements.
It was found that the beneficial substances contained in the berries protect some of the cells in our body.
All studies were conducted with different types of experimental animals that had different affected cells. In the process, it was revealed that in the extract of berries growing in the north, there is a concentrate of plant polyphenols. It helps the body fight diabetes, intoxication and radiation exposure. In addition, it has a protective effect during the metabolic syndrome. This is a parallel course of diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure.
In recent years, studies have been conducted in which worms, rodents and fish were fed a concentrate of these berries. The results were stunning, their life expectancy increased.
Such results were obtained during the study of the extract of wild northern berries. However, a similar result has previously been described for grape polyphenols.
To date, the interest of scientists is riveted to the miraculous properties of the substance resveratrol. However, this is not a simple substance. It is practically not absorbed by the body, moreover, it is quickly destroyed in the world. It should be noted that resveratrol is found in red grapes, nuts, cocoa beans and dark berries. You can store it at a temperature of 80 ° below zero.
Based on this, scientists suggest that polyphenols from wild northern berry extract will replace resveratrol. In addition, in the future it will be possible to correct Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes mellitus. But additional clinical trials are still required.
Scientists are increasingly talking about the miraculous properties of blueberries and dark grapes. But this area still needs to be studied for a long time.