{"id":206936,"date":"2025-02-21T12:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/luteolin-an-antioxidant-in-vegetables-may-contribute-to-the-prevention-of-hair-graying"},"modified":"2025-02-21T12:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T18:10:21","slug":"luteolin-an-antioxidant-in-vegetables-may-contribute-to-the-prevention-of-hair-graying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/luteolin-an-antioxidant-in-vegetables-may-contribute-to-the-prevention-of-hair-graying","title":{"rendered":"Luteolin, an antioxidant in vegetables, may contribute to the prevention of hair graying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/luteolin-an-antioxidant-in-vegetables-may-contribute-to-the-prevention-of-hair-graying2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Graying hair is a hallmark of aging, often considered an inevitable part of growing older. However, recent research from Nagoya University in Japan led by Masashi Kato and Takumi Kagawa suggests that an antioxidant might suppress this process. The researchers identified luteolin, an antioxidant found in vegetables including celery, broccoli, carrots, onions, and peppers, as being a potential anti-graying agent. Their findings pave the way for potential applications in human hair care.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers\u2019 study focused on three antioxidants\u2014luteolin, hesperetin, and diosmetin\u2014to assess their anti-graying effects in mice that were bred to go gray like humans. The difference was startling, the mice that received luteolin retained their black fur, even as their cage mates\u2019 fur turned gray, regardless of whether the luteolin was given externally or internally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis result was surprising,\u201d Professor Kato said. \u201cWhile we expected that antioxidants may also have anti-graying effects, only luteolin, not hesperetin or diosmetin, demonstrated significant effects. This finding suggests that luteolin may have a unique medicinal effect that prevents graying.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graying hair is a hallmark of aging, often considered an inevitable part of growing older. However, recent research from Nagoya University in Japan led by Masashi Kato and Takumi Kagawa suggests that an antioxidant might suppress this process. The researchers identified luteolin, an antioxidant found in vegetables including celery, broccoli, carrots, onions, and peppers, as [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}