Tawagar masana kimiyyar Swiss sun cimma matsaya mai ban sha'awa cewa shan koren shayi na yau da kullun yana da tasiri mai amfani akan tsawon rayuwar ɗan adam.
Abubuwan catechin da ke ƙunshe a cikin koren shayi ba sa kashe danniya na oxidative a cikin sel, amma, akasin haka, tsokane shi. Masana kimiyya daga ETH Zurich (Switzerland) sun cimma wannan ƙarshe, a cewar sanarwar manema labarai a kan MedicalXpress.
Masu binciken sunyi nazarin yadda catechins ke shafar nematodes na dangin Caenorhabditis elegans. Paradoxically, a cikin wannan yanayin, wannan yana bayyana fa'idodin kiwon lafiya na koren shayi - damuwa na oxidative yana haɓaka tasirin kariyar antioxidant.
An buga labarin tare da sakamakon binciken daga baya a cikin mujallar Aging. Ya bayyana cewa lokacin da catechins ya haɓaka samar da nau'in oxygen mai amsawa, an kunna kwayoyin halittar da ke samar da wasu enzymes na antioxidant. Don haka, polyphenols a cikin koren shayi suna aiki azaman prooxidants waɗanda ke haɓaka ikon jiki don jimre da damuwa. A sakamakon haka, catechins a cikin koren shayi ya tsawaita rayuwa kuma ya inganta aikin nematodes.