Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of hydrogen
2020-10-20
The anti-inflammation of hydrogen actually comes from anti-oxidation. At least the earliest studies on the effect of hydrogen, or the earliest studies that considered the biological effects of hydrogen, started with antioxidants, because antioxidants are logical. Hydrogen is reductive, and reduction means that it can reduce oxidants, which is the consciousness of anti-oxidation. However, anti-oxidation is more famous in biology than reduction. In any case, hydrogen, which has a reducing effect, has an antioxidant effect, which is very easy to understand. It is also the most basic logic and hypothesis behind the research papers in 1975 "Science" and 2007 "Natural Medicine".
In fact, anti-oxidation and anti-inflammation are often related. The representatives of oxidation, reactive oxygen species are also inflammatory factors, and even are very important executive molecules of inflammatory response. For example, inflammatory response requires the use of hypochlorous acid and hydrogen peroxide to kill microorganisms. Tools, these tools are active oxygen. Therefore, oxidation and inflammation often occur together, and substances with antioxidant effects often have anti-inflammatory effects. Hydrogen is no exception.
In short, hydrogen selective anti-oxidation is the basis of hydrogen's biological effects, not only the theoretical basis of hydrogen anti-inflammatory, but also the common basis for more biological effects. A deep understanding of selective anti-oxidation can better understand the biological effects of hydrogen, such as anti-inflammatory, and the medical effects of hydrogen.