Ajou University Advanced Medical Bio ICC Center research team, human white blood cell test results
It was found that Bokbunja seed oil, an oil extracted from black raspberries, has the effect of increasing immunity and killing cancer cells.
Ajou University Advanced Medical Bio ICC Center Director Kim Su-dong and Advanced Medical Bio ICC Professor Park Dong-wook research team administered white blood cells mixed with 10 μl of diluted Bokbunja seed oil to cancer cells. It was revealed on the 15th that many cancer cells were removed.
Then, as a result of administering bokbunja seed oil to human leukocytes, ‘interferon gamma (IFN-γ)’, a type of cytokine, increased by about 26% compared to the control group.
The research team administered bokbunja seed oil to cultured leukocytes for 6 hours. As a result of administration, the production of interferon gamma increased to about 125.8% compared to the control group not administered with Bokbunja seed oil.
Through this study, it was found that bokbunja seed oil promotes the secretion of immunoactive substances in cultured mouse immune cell line (RAW264.7 cell) and human immune cell line (THP-1 cell).
In the activation of immune cells secreted from human whole blood, secretion of immunoactive substances was promoted, and as a result, the death of target cancer cells was directly promoted.
In addition, the number of human natural killer cells (NK cells) in the culture system was increased.
Professor Kim said, “In conclusion, Bukbunja seed oil has the function of directly inducing the activation of immune cells and the increase of natural killer cells, and this can be seen as a possibility of using Bokbunja seed oil as a functional food ingredient to ‘increase immunity’.” “Through functional ingredient research, it is possible to research new drugs such as ‘anti-cancer and immune boosting agents,’” he said.
