CHANGCHUN—AgroupofChinesescientistshaveextractednewsubstancesfromsunflowerstotreatgout.
Theteam,ledbyDr.LiuXiaobowiththeSchoolofLifeSciencesatJilinUniversity,foundthatthethreesubstancesareeffectiveintreatinggout,whichplaguesover80millionChinesepeople.
Goutiscausedbyabnormallyhighlevelsofuricacidintheblood.Kidneyfunctionandjointsareaffectedasthediseasedevelops.
ThenumberofChinesegoutpatientshasgrownby9.7percentannually.
Thesubstancesprovedeffectiveinaclinicaltrialinvolving80patientsatChina-JapanUnionHospitalofJilinUniversity.
“Seventypatientswerecured,withouttoxicsideeffects,”saidXueJunlai,adoctorofTraditionalChineseMedicinewiththehospital.
AreportissuedbytheCollegeofBasicMedicalSciencesofJilinUniversityshowedtheingredientsaresafefortheliverandkidneys.
Themostcommonlyusedanti-goutdrugsfailtoclearchalkstones,whichleadtoswollenjoints.Inaddition,mostofthedrugsdisruptthefunctionoftheliverandkidneys.
Onlysunflowersgrowninsaltyandalkalinesoilareeffectiveintreatinggout,Liusaid,sincelevelsofalkaloids,oneofthethreesubstances,differinsunflowersgrownindifferentlocations.
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