Red wine may help fight inflammation 紅酒可能有助抗發炎

◎陳成良

Drinking red wine may help fight inflammation in the body, according to research published by scientists at the University of Glasgow.

喝紅酒或有助於對抗體內發炎，根據格拉斯哥大學科學家發表的研究報告指出。

Researchers found that resveratrol, an anti-oxidant found in red wine, protected mice when they were exposed to a strong inflammatory agent.

研究人員發現，紅酒中的抗氧化劑「白藜蘆醇」，能夠保護那些暴露在強烈發炎因子之下的老鼠。

Mice that were not pre-treated with resveratrol developed a serious reaction similar to the inflammatory disorder sepsis. The study found that it blocks two major proteins in the body that trigger inflammation.

沒有先施以白藜蘆醇的老鼠，出現一種類似發炎引起的敗血症的嚴重反應。該研究發現，白藜蘆醇能阻絕人體內引起發炎的兩種主要蛋白質。

Previous studies have found that resveratrol can help prevent blood clots and combat cancer. The anti-oxidant is found in the skin of grapes but it occurs in greater quantities in red rather than white wine.

先前的研究已發現白藜蘆醇有助於預防血凝塊並對抗癌症。這種抗氧化物存在於葡萄皮中，但含量較多的是紅酒，而非白酒。

The study was outlined in the FASEB Journal -- published by the Federation of the American Societies for Experimental Biology. "The therapeutic potential of red wine has been bottled up for thousands of years," said Gerald Weissmann, editor-in-chief of the FASEB Journal.

這項研究的概要發表在由美國實驗生物學聯合會（FASEB）出版的期刊。「紅酒的療效潛力已潛藏數千年」，FASEB期刊總編輯魏斯曼說。

"Now that scientists have uncorked its secrets, they find that studies of how resveratrol works can lead to new treatments for life-threatening inflammation."

「既然科學家已經揭露其祕密，他們認為，有關白藜蘆醇如何發揮作用的研究，能夠為威脅生命的發炎找出新療方。」

新聞辭典

therapeutic：形容詞，治療性的；有療效的。

be exposed to：片語，暴露於；面臨；接觸；接受。例句：When Judy goes to college, she will be exposed to a lot of new ideas. （當茱蒂上大學後，她將接觸到很多新觀念。）

uncork：動詞，拔去（瓶子）塞子。cork是酒瓶的軟木塞，把酒瓶的塞子打開稱uncork，例如「to uncork a bottle of wine」（開一瓶紅酒）。uncork常見的意思還有「開口；洩漏；透露」等。