Chinese and British scientists find blackwood ears containing 'cancer-fighting genes'

from the Chinese Academy of Sciences Suzhou Medical Institute was informed that the Institute and the University of Oxford, the United Kingdom, recently in the northeast of China's three major black wood ear varieties for genetic sequencing. The team found that these black wood ear varieties contain genes that metabolize anti-tumor, anti-aging products, further research or will clarify the medicinal and health value of black wood ear. The findings were published recently in scientific reports, a publication of the Nature Publishing Group.
the study involved three kinds of black wood ear, from the Jilin Province, Huangsongdian Town, a national 10,000 mu of black wood ear standardized planting demonstration area. According to the surface folds from more to less, respectively, called full ribs, half ribs and ribless black wood ears.
team sequenced the three black wood ear varieties and obtained a total of 13,937 independent non-repetitive genes (Universal Gene). Among them, a part of the gene metabolized small molecular products have been proven to have anti-tumor, anti-aging effect. In addition, the researchers found 1,124 new independent non-repetitive genes that were not recorded in the gene pool. These genes may also be associated with the production of unique functions such as blackwood ear antioxidant and anti-aging.
although all three types of blackwood ears involved in the study had genes that produce anti-tumor, anti-aging metabolites, there were significant differences between different types of blackwood ears. The different product line of black wood ear is obviously different in disease resistance and drug composition generation.
" to tap the medicinal value of black wood ear, there is still a lot of work to be done. For example, the production, accumulation and metabolism of active drug ingredients of different varieties of black wood ear can be quantitatively compared for good seed selection. Metabolized active ingredients can also be identified, separated and purified to guide deep processing with precision. Takayama, a researcher at Suzhou Medical Institute who was involved in the study, said. (Source: Xinhua News Agency,