Substances contained in the skin of mango, prevent the formation of fat cells
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Is it possible to laugh at those who believe that a suspicious kind of grandmother's decoction will cure any ailment? A lot of "herbs" hide a huge potential; remember at least an extract from the seeds of thistles, he is also a bodiaga, he is a tartar, containing silymarin (a mixture of four active ingredients), which restores the liver even in the most serious cases, and when poisoned with pale toadstool, doctors rely only on him, no. And now, Australian scientists report that the components contained in the skin of certain varieties of mango (but not in the flesh) prevent the formation of fat cells.
With the expansion of fast food in all its forms, with the use of hormonal drugs in meat production, obesity has long become a worldwide problem, which is the cause of much more complex diseases, including type 2 diabetes, heart failure and even cancer (especially the liver).
Some general information. Fatty (adipose) tissues are produced by increasing the number of fat cells (adipocytes), and by accumulating lipids in already existing cells. Development of adipocytes occurs in adipogenesis - a process that involves the appearance and development of pre-adipocyte cells and the accumulation of lipids. Only by interfering with this can you reduce the level of fat accumulation in the body.
Tropical fruits contain many different phytochemicals (natural chemical compounds of plant origin), some of which have been shown to slow adipogenesis. Thus, scientists from the University of Queensland (Australia), guided only by one well-known consideration, decided to test the extracts of the skin of various varieties of mango on their activity against adipogynesis, and also compare these extracts with the action of pulp extracts.
As it turned out, the extracts of the skin of two varieties of mangoes - Irvin and Nam Doc Mai - successfully inhibited the development of adipocytes, and, according to the researchers, it is most likely that we are talking not about one active substance, but of a unique composition bioactive ingredients. But the flesh of both varieties showed no activity, which, apparently, is also explained by a different phytochemical composition.
What's next? It seems that it is convenient for everyone: the skin is for the doctors, the flesh for the consumers. But, firstly, it's hard to imagine a company engaged in collecting mango peels and able to provide everyone on a global scale. And secondly, it seems much more reasonable to work with the results (published, by the way, in the journal Food & Function) in order to find out what really happens when using the extract of mango rind to further try to create a means of directed action , not associated with a natural source.
Well, the heroes of the note, the Australians undertook to find out which genes are responsible for creating a unique composition of phytochemicals of mango peels.
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