Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an enzyme that can catalyze the transformation of superoxide into oxygen and hydrogen peroxide through disproportionation. It widely exists in various animals, plants and microorganisms, and is an important antioxidant to protect cells exposed to oxygen. In recent years, SOD has shown great application value and development prospect in agriculture, medicine and many other fields.
What is the role of SOD?
1, anti-aging
SOD is one of the substances with anti-aging function approved by the Ministry of Health of China. The growth of age and some external factors will produce a large number of free radicals in the body and skin tissue, which will lead to signs of aging in skin tissue. SOD is an important natural free radical scavenger, which can scavenge free radicals, protect the body from oxidative damage, and play an anti-oxidation and anti-aging role in the body.
2. Inhibit cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases
The aging of the body is closely related to the production and accumulation of oxygen free radicals in the body. SOD can reduce the content of lipid peroxide and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases caused by atherosclerosis and hyperlipidemia by eliminating excessive harmful oxygen free radicals in human body.
3. Prevention and treatment of autoimmune diseases
The increase of free radical content in human body will lead to the decline of immune function and cause many diseases. Immune dysfunction in the elderly is easy to induce multiple organ failure. SOD can be used as an index of imbalance between oxidation and antioxidation in patients with autoimmune diseases, and can be used as one of the indexes to judge the condition.
Step 4 Prevent chronic diseases
Free radicals are the chief culprit of various chronic diseases and aging discovered by scientists, and can be called "the source of all diseases". The harm of free radicals to the body is cumulative, especially diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Developing the good habit of taking more antioxidants can keep us away from the threat of chronic diseases. The SOD content of raspberry ranks first among all kinds of fruits, and modern science has confirmed that raspberry has strong antioxidant function.
5. Anti-fatigue
Excessive free radicals remain in the body, just as toxins accumulate in the body without being discharged, which is easy to make people tired. SOD has a significant effect on fatigue caused by staying up late and working overtime, and on improving spirit and attention.