ʻO kahi noiʻi a Kauka Samira Samarakoon o ka Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology ma ke Kulanui o Colombo a me ka meaʻai meaʻai kaulana ʻo Dr. DBT Wijeratne i ʻike i ka inu ʻana i ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo i hui pū ʻia me Centella asiatica he nui nā pono olakino. Hoʻonui ʻo Gotu kola i nā waiwai antioxidant, antiviral a me ka hoʻoikaika kino o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
Manaʻo ʻia ʻo Gotu kola he lāʻau ola lōʻihi a he mea nui ia o ka lāʻau lapaʻau kuʻuna ʻĀsia, ʻoiai ʻo ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo kekahi o nā mea inu olakino kaulana loa o ka honua. ʻO nā pono olakino o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo ua ʻike maikaʻi ʻia a ʻai nui ʻia e nā mea he nui ma muli o kāna mau waiwai antioxidant, hōʻemi i ka momona, pale i ka maʻi kanesa, hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ke koko, a me nā mea hou aku. Pēlā nō, ʻike nui ʻia nā pono olakino o ke kola ma nā hana lapaʻau kahiko o India, Iapana, Kina, Indonesia, ʻApelika Hema, Sri Lanka, a me ka Pākīpika Hema. ʻO nā hoʻokolohua hoʻokolohua hou e hōʻoia nei he waiwai antioxidant kola, maikaʻi no ke ake, pale i ka ʻili, a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka cognition a me ka hoʻomanaʻo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Samarakoon, i ka wā e inu ai i ka hui ʻana o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka cola, hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa nā pono olakino āpau o nā mea ʻelua.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole pono e loaʻa ka Coca-Cola ma mua o 20 pakeneka o ka hui ʻana ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻae ʻia i mea inu.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Vieratne, ua hōʻoia nā haʻawina mua i ka ʻai ʻana i ka gotu kola i ka hopena maikaʻi i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke ola o ke ake, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻano maʻamau o ka maʻi maʻi ate mua, hepatocellular carcinoma, fatty liver a me cirrhosis. Hōʻike pū nā haʻawina hou e hiki i ka cola ke kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ke koko a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka maʻi cardiovascular, me ka hahau, ka myocardial infarction, a me ka maʻi naʻau coronary. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā haʻawina pharmacological e hiki i ka extract kola ke hoʻoponopono i ka hana o ka ʻōnaehana nerve waena a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hana cognitive o ka lolo.
Hōʻike ʻo Kauka Wijeratne i nā pono olakino o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo ua ʻike nui ʻia a puni ka honua. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā noiʻi ʻepekema e pili ana i nā pono olakino o ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma mua o ka gotu kola. He waiwai nui ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo i nā catechins, polyphenols, ʻoi aku ka epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). ʻO ka EGCG kahi antioxidant ikaika e hiki ke pepehi i nā maʻi maʻi me ka ʻole e hōʻino i nā cell maʻamau. He mea maikaʻi nō hoʻi kēia pūhui i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i ka cholesterol lipoprotein haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, kaohi ʻana i nā clots koko maʻamau, a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka platelet aggregation. Eia kekahi, ua ʻike ʻia ka extract o ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo he kumu hoʻohiki o nā antioxidants kūlohelohe i hoʻohana pono ʻia e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā waiwai antioxidant, wahi a Kauka Wijeratne.
Wahi a ia, ʻo ka momona ke kumu nui o nā maʻi he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi ka maʻi naʻau coronary, ke koko kiʻekiʻe, ka maʻi diabetes ʻole i hilinaʻi i ka insulin, ka maʻi ʻeha, ka osteoarthritis a me kekahi mau ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO nā kīʻaha kī, ʻoi aku ka EGCG, loaʻa nā hopena anti-obesity a me ka anti-diabetic. Ke nānāʻia nei ka'ōmaʻomaʻo ma keʻano he mea kanu maoli e hiki ai ke hoʻonui i ka hoʻolimalimaʻana i ka ikehu a me ka momona momona no ka poho kaumaha,'ōleloʻo Dr.