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  Beta Vulgaris: Is it a Star, a Rude Tipster or a Beetroot?

  Posted by John Connor on November 5, 2020 at 2:35 pm

  

  It’s a beetroot, or more specifically a species of it!

  It’s also complicated how something from this particular salad item may be helpful to MS.

  ‘While screening B. vulgaris leaves and pulp extracts for peptide protease inhibitors with disulfide bonds, researchers discovered a small peptide they later named Beta vulgaris trypsin inhibitor I, or bevuTI-I for short’.

  Told you!

  ‘his enzyme has also started to be investigated as a potential target for treating certain inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders due to its ability to control inflammatory responses’

  “This means that, in future studies, this group of plant peptides called ‘knottins’, such as those found in beetroot, could potentially provide a drug candidate for treating these diseases”. Christian Gruber, PhD, an associate professor at the center and the study’s senior author, said in a press release.

  Even if you could source this particular beetroot – I wish you luck asking for Beta Vulgaris at your local supermarket! Think even the organic shop might struggle.

  They have no idea if the peptide can be absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract.

  So do you even like beetroot?

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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