Although they didn't find any significant and definitive probiotic effect from eating the olives on the participants» health, they found evidence for important anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects in the form of
a decreased inflammatory factor called interleukine - 6 (IL - 6) and a free radical marker known as malondialdehyde (MDA).
Not exact matches
In fact, when the researchers inhibited the secreted
factor related to the activity of
inflammatory cells, they observed a
decrease in the proliferation of cancer cells.
Nutritional deficiencies impair lung growth, favour infections and
decrease the ability of cells to control
inflammatory processes, for example through a lack of anti-oxidative
factors.