Uphononongo olwenziwe nguGqr. Samira Samarakoon we-Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology kwiYunivesithi yaseColombo kunye nengcali yesondlo edumileyo uGqr. DBT Wijeratne lufumanise ukuba ukusela iti eluhlaza kunye neCentella asiatica kuneenzuzo ezininzi zempilo. I-Gotu kola iphucula iipropati zeti eluhlaza ezilwa ne-antioxidant, ii-antiviral kunye ne-immune-boosting.
I-Gotu kola ithathwa njengesityalo esihlala ixesha elide kwaye siyinxalenye ephambili yamayeza emveli aseAsia, ngelixa iti eluhlaza yenye yezona ziselo zidumileyo kwihlabathi liphela. Iingenelo zempilo zeti eluhlaza zaziwa kwaye zisetyenziswa kakhulu ngabantu abaninzi ngenxa yeempawu zayo zokulwa ne-antioxidant, ukunciphisa ukutyeba kakhulu, ukuthintela umhlaza, ukunciphisa uxinzelelo lwegazi, nokunye. Ngokufanayo, iingenelo zempilo ze-kola zaziwa kakhulu kwiindlela zonyango zakudala zaseIndiya, eJapan, eTshayina, eIndonesia, eMzantsi Afrika, eSri Lanka, naseMzantsi Pacific. Uvavanyo lwelebhu lwanamhlanje luqinisekisa ukuba i-kola ineempawu zokulwa ne-antioxidant, ilungile kwisibindi, ikhusela ulusu, kwaye iphucula ukuqonda kunye nenkumbulo. UGqr. Samarakoon uthe xa usela umxube weti eluhlaza kunye ne-cola, umntu unokufumana zonke iingenelo zempilo zazo zombini.
Uthe iCoca-Cola akufuneki ibe nangaphezulu kwama-20 ekhulwini lomxube ngenxa yokuba ayimkelekanga kangako njengesiselo.
UGqr. Vieratne uthe izifundo zangaphambili ziqinisekisile ukuba ukutya i-gotu kola kunefuthe elihle ekuphuculeni impilo yesibindi, ingakumbi kwiintlobo eziqhelekileyo zomhlaza wesibindi oyintloko, i-hepatocellular carcinoma, i-fatty liver kunye ne-cirrhosis. Izifundo zakutshanje zibonisa nokuba i-cola inokunceda ukunciphisa uxinzelelo lwegazi kwaye inciphise umngcipheko wesifo sentliziyo, kubandakanya i-stroke, i-myocardial infarction, kunye nesifo sentliziyo. Izifundo ze-pharmacological zibonise ukuba i-kola extract inokulawula umsebenzi wenkqubo ye-nervous ephakathi kwaye iphucule imisebenzi yengqondo.
UDkt. Wijeratne uthi iingenelo zempilo zeti eluhlaza zaziwa kakhulu kwihlabathi liphela. Kukho uphando lwenzululwazi oluninzi malunga neengenelo zempilo zeti eluhlaza kune-gotu kola. Iti eluhlaza ityebile kwii-catechins, ii-polyphenols, ngakumbi i-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). I-EGCG yi-antioxidant enamandla enokubulala iiseli zomhlaza ngaphandle kokonakalisa iiseli eziqhelekileyo. Le khompawundi ikwasebenza kakuhle ekwehliseni i-cholesterol ye-lipoprotein ephantsi, ithintele ukuqhekeka kwegazi okungaqhelekanga, kwaye inciphise ukuhlanganiswa kweeplatelet. Ukongeza, i-green tea extract ifunyenwe ingumthombo othembisayo wee-antioxidants zendalo ezisetyenziswa ngokufanelekileyo ukuphucula iipropati ze-antioxidant, utsho uDkt. Wijeratne.
Ngokutsho kwakhe, ukutyeba kakhulu sesona sizathu siphambili sezifo ezininzi, kuquka isifo sentliziyo, uxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu, isifo seswekile esingaxhomekekanga kwi-insulin, ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwemiphunga, i-osteoarthritis kunye neentlobo ezithile zomhlaza. Ii-catechins zeti, ingakumbi i-EGCG, zinefuthe lokulwa nokutyeba kakhulu kunye ne-antidiabetic. Iti eluhlaza ikwajongwa njengesityalo sendalo esinokunyusa iindleko zamandla kunye ne-oxidation yamafutha ukuze kuncitshiswe ubunzima, utshilo uGqr. Wijeratne, wongeza ukuba ukudibana kwezi zityalo zimbini kunokubonelela ngeenzuzo ezininzi zempilo.