If you want to avoid gray hair, eat these vegetables
Feb 07, 2025
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Carrots, onions, peppers, broccoli, and celery are typical vegetables that contain a lot of luteolin.
A joint team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan published the results of the study in the international journal 『Antioxidants』 under the title 『Ruteolin's Inhibitory Effect』.
The researchers conducted an experiment in which mice were administered three types of antioxidants: luteolin, hepheretin, and diosmethin.
As a result, mice receiving luteolin still maintained their black fur while the other mice's fur turned gray.
Professor Masashi Kato, who led the study, said "We expected antioxidants to have an effect of inhibiting the change of hair to white, but only ruteolin, not hepheretin or diosmethin, showed significant results.", he explained.
He said "The results of this experiment suggest that rutheolin may have unique medical effects that prevent bleaching"
Luteolin is a flavonoid antioxidant and is known to help with eye health, vascular health, cough, and aging prevention.
In this experiment, luteolin was estimated to act on 'endothelin', a protein that plays an important role in cell-to-cell signaling, preventing the reduction in the activity of melanin cells that change color.
The researchers expected luteolin to have the same effect on humans.
Dr. Takumi Kagawa, who participated in the study, said "We plan to investigate whether the anti-aging effects of ruteolin can also be applied to other aging-related changes, including baldness."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
