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How Licorice and Honey Help Improve Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Greg Howard
20th July, 2024
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Key Findings
- Researchers at Ningxia Medical University studied how honey processing affects licorice's chemical composition and biological activity
- Honey-processed licorice (HPLP) has higher levels of certain sugars like mannose, rhamnose, and glucose compared to raw licorice (RLP)
- HPLP significantly boosts immune function, improving levels of IL-2, IFN-γ, and IgA, and enhances natural killer cell activity, which helps fight tumors and infections
References
Main Study
1) Effect of Licorice polysaccharides before and after honey-processing on improving chronic fatigue syndrome and its mechanism.
Published 17th July, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.133968
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