Motsoako o makhasi le makhapetla a sefate sa Vocanga africana o sireletsa lisele khahlanong le liphetoho tse lebisang ho nts'etsopele ea mafu a Alzheimer's, Parkinson's le boko, ho tlaleha Journal of Ethnopharmacology.
Batho ba São Tomé le Príncipe Koung ea Guinea ba ’nile ba sebelisa makhasi le makhapetla a sefate sena ka makholo a lilemo ho phekola ho ruruha le ho kokobetsa boloetse ba kelello.
Bo-rasaense ba Setsi sa Salk for Biological Studies sa US ba hlahlobile lintlha tse qotsitsoeng ho tsoa ho mefuta e mehlano ea limela tse fumanehang lihlekehlekeng tsena. Tse tharo tsa tsona li ne li sebelisoa ke lingaka tsa moo. Phello ea li-extracts e ile ea lekoa liseleng tsa motho le litoeba. Ho ile ha fumaneha hore sefate sa Vocaanga africana se ntša lisele tse sirelelitsoeng khatellong ea oxidative, e ka bakang tšenyo ea DNA mme ea lebisa ho neurodegeneration. Ho phaella moo, e ne e e-na le liphello tse khahlanong le ho ruruha 'me e thibela ho haha amyloid-beta e khothalletsang nts'etsopele ea lefu la Alzheimer's.
Ke motsoako o ka bang teng lithethefatsing tse ncha. Ho na le mehloli e mengata e joalo ea metsoako e molemo le e matla e fumanoang libakeng tse sa tšoaneng ho pota lefatše. Bongata ba bona ha bo eso lekolwe ho hang - ho hatisa mongodi wa dipatlisiso, Pamela Maher. (PAP)