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Electrolyzed-reduced water protects against oxidative damage to DNA, RNA, and protein.

Mi Young Lee, Yoon Kyoung Kim, Kun Kul Ryoo, Yoon Bae Lee, Eun Ju Park · Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2006

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Primary topic Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Signaling
Evidence type Laboratory or cellular evidence
Publication type Laboratory Study
Hydrogen method Other or not reported

H2HUBB TAKEAWAY

In a laboratory model, pretreatment, cotreatment, and posttreatment with electrolyzed-reduced water enhanced human lymphocyte resistance to the DNA strand breaks induced by H₂O₂ in vitro. These findings come from a laboratory model and suggest molecular hydrogen's biological potential. Further research is needed to determine clinical relevance.

What the Researchers Tested

The study examined in vitro cell-culture laboratory experiment.

How Molecular Hydrogen Was Used

The source material available to H2HUBB did not provide enough detail to identify the molecular hydrogen administration method.

What Molecular Hydrogen Changed

In this study, the preventive, suppressive, and protective effects of in vitro supplementation with electrolyzed-reduced water on H₂O₂-induced DNA damage in human lymphocytes were examined using a comet assay. Pretreatment, cotreatment, and posttreatment with electrolyzed-reduced water enhanced human lymphocyte resistance to the DNA strand breaks induced by H₂O₂ in vitro.

H₂ Mechanisms / Biological Findings

The source material reviewed did not establish a specific molecular hydrogen mechanism for the reported findings.

Authors’ Conclusion

The authors concluded that enhancement of the antioxidant activity of ascorbic acid dissolved in electrolyzed-reduced water was about threefold that of ascorbic acid dissolved in nonelectrolyzed deionized water, as measured by a xanthine-xanthine oxidase superoxide scavenging assay system, suggesting an inhibitory effect of electrolyzedreduced water on the oxidation of ascorbic acid.