Dr. Liu Zhongbo, a doctoral student of the Institute of Nutritional Science at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a professor at the Nutritional Research Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Science, collaborated with scientists of the DSM Nutritional Products Company of Switzerland on the role of hydroxytyrosol, an olive oil extract, on the retinal pigment epithelial cells. Research. It was found that hydroxytyrosol, an olive oil extract, can effectively protect the retinal pigment epithelial cells from oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction caused by acrolein. The main mechanism is that hydroxytyrosol can induce detoxification in cells. The two-phase enzyme system. These results suggest that hydroxytyrosol may have a protective effect on retinal pigment epithelial cell degeneration caused by smoking, such as retinal maculopathy. The results of this study were published in the Journal of Neurochemistry at the end of 2007. The NutraIngredients website (www.NutraIngredients.com) recently commented on this study.
Retinal maculopathy is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. About 30 million people in the world suffer from this disease. The current mechanism of the disease is not clear. Epidemiological studies have found that smoking may be one of the major risk factors for the disease.
Retinal maculopathy is the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. About 30 million people in the world suffer from this disease. The current mechanism of the disease is not clear. Epidemiological studies have found that smoking may be one of the major risk factors for the disease.