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Ongoing research provides evidence that readily-available and sustainable oyster meat extract may have powerful anti-inflammatory effects on human intestinal cells.
Pacific oysters (Carssostrea gigas) are the most widely farmed saltwater bivalve mollusc in the world, known for their high nutritional value and bioactive compounds that promote antimicrobial, antioxidant and anticancer effects. More recently, studies have suggested that they can also suppress inflammation in the white blood cells of mice.
This research, presented at the Society for Experimental Biology conference in Florence, Italy, highlights how dried oyster meat could become provide a natural, environmentally sustainable and easily accessible dietary supplement for alleviating intestinal inflammation in humans.
“The identification of naturally occurring bioactive substances with anti-inflammatory properties represents a promising therapeutic and preventive strategy for the management of chronic inflammatory diseases and their systemic comorbidities,” says Ms Giulia Trinchera, a PhD student at the University of Ferrara, Italy.
