Jeremy Wilkins

Very cool-looking. Email needs some serious usurping

Compared to the plants grown in normal soil, the Chernobyl soya produced significantly different amounts of several dozen proteins, the team found. Among those are proteins that contribute to the production of seeds, as well as proteins involved in defending cells from heavy metal and radiation damage. “One protein is known to actually protect human blood from radiation,” Hajduch says.

Radiation-resistance is handy. Just one step on the road to a moravec future.

Yerba Mate Inhibits AGE Formation

Yerba mate contains caffeic acid, which inhibits glycation. (Photo by MaPev)

Reducing AGE formation: yerba mate vs. green tea

The authors of the paper (link) compared the AGE-inhibiting effect of yerba mate to that of green tea and aminoguanidine, a known anti-glycation agent. Water extracts of normal strength were used for green tea and yerba mate (5 g and 10 g leaves / 2 dl water, respectively). Bovine serum albumin and methylgloxal were used to generate AGEs on proteins in vitro.

As expected, high doses of aminoguanidine reduced both indicators of glycation (tryptophan fluorescence and AGE fluorescence) by more than 90%. The surprise is that yerba mate dose-dependently and significantly reduced AGE fluorescence, while green tea showed only a non-significant positive trend. At the highest dose (20 mcl/ml), the inhibition from yerba mate reached 40%.

Good news for folks drinking Yerba Mate!