The mulberry plant has an important role in traditional Chinese medicine, and research shows several benefits of mulberry extract. The mulberry contains a lot of free acid and 16 kinds of amino acids, and also contains zinc, iron, calcium, manganese that human body lack of and other mineral substances and trace elements, and carotene, fructose, glucose, succinic acid pectin, cellulose, etc.
Wang Zhan from Chongqing Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Food Safety studied the extraction of anthocyanins from mulberry fruits and to observe their inhibitory effect on the growth of human breast cancer MDA-MB-453 cells in vitro and in vivo. They found the anthocyanin containing mulberry fruit extract can significantly inhibit the growth of human breast cancerMDA-MB-453 cells.
Mulberry (Morus alba L.) fruit is used effectively in Chinese medicines against fever, to protect the liver and to lower blood pressure. Here, we report a water extract, MWE (Mulberry water extract), which is designed to exhibit anti-hyperlipidemia and anti-atherosclerotic effects in rabbits with experimental atherosclerosis. New Zealand white rabbits were fed with a normal diet, high cholesterol (1.3%), lard oil (3%) diet (HCD) with or without 0.5 or 1% MWE for 10 weeks. The levels of triglyceride, cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) were lower in the serum of rabbits fed HCD plus MWE than in the serum of rabbits fed HCD. Feeding MWE (0.5 or 1% in the diet) to rabbits significantly reduced severe atherosclerosis in the aorta by 42–63%. Histopathological examination showed that MWE reduced aortic atherosclerotic lesion in the blood vessel of rabbits. From previous data and present results, we suspect that MWE not only inhibits LDL-oxidation but also has a direct effect on the anti-hyperlipidemia in animals.
Mulberry contains anthocyanins which have antioxidant activity, and it also contains resveratrol, another antioxidant. These substances have protective effects against free radicals, waste products that occur during the metabolism of food to energy and also in response to environmental toxins like air pollution. These free radicals cause cell damage and may contribute to the development of cancer, heart disease and other illness.
Since mulberry extract have so many healthy effects so its prospect is brilliant and waiting for us to discover.
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