Hops ingredients help prevent muscle atrophy

The research team of Graduate School of Tokushima University, Japan, reported in the latest issue of Public Library of science comprehensive volume that they found through experiments that there are abundant isopentenyl flavonoids in hops, the raw material of beer, which have the effect of restraining muscle atrophy, and it is expected to use this material to develop drugs and special foods in the future The research team said that they used the experimental mice with leg paralysis to carry out the experiment One group of experimental mice was fed with food mixed with 1g dry beer pollen for two weeks, and the other group was only fed with general food The results showed that the muscle atrophy symptoms of the former group of experimental mice were restrained The team explained that this is mainly due to the fact that hops are rich in isopentenyl flavonoids, which can inhibit the function of enzymes that promote the decomposition of muscle proteins and help inhibit further muscle atrophy The team pointed out that in the space microgravity environment, if the experimental animal is injured or its limbs are fixed for a long time, it may cause muscle atrophy Isopentenyl flavonoids may have some therapeutic effect on this disease At present, the prevention of muscle atrophy mainly depends on rehabilitation training, which is very difficult for bedridden elderly, said Tsuji Terai, who led the research group It is hoped that in the future, muscle atrophy can be prevented by taking medicine and eating foods containing medicinal ingredients.