Iphunga likabhontshisi wekhofi ogazingiwe lingasiza ekunciphiseni imiphumela yokucindezeleka kokungalali kahle, ngokusho kwethimba lososayensi abavela eNingizimu Korea, eJalimane naseJapane. Ngokombono wabo, iphunga nje lekhofi eliqediwe landisa umsebenzi wezakhi zofuzo ezithile ebuchosheni, futhi umuntu ususa ukozela.
Abacwaningi abamsebenzi wabo () izoshicilelwa ku-Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, eyenziwe izivivinyo kumagundane.
Izilwane zokuhlola zahlukaniswa ngamaqembu amane. Iqembu lokulawula alizange livezwe kunoma yimaphi amathonya. Amagundane avela eqenjini lokucindezeleka ayengavunyelwe ukulala usuku lonke. Izilwane ezivela eqenjini "lekhofi" zahogela iphunga likabhontshisi, kodwa azizange zivezwe ekucindezelekeni. Amagundane eqembu lesine (ikhofi kanye nokucindezeleka) kwakudingeka ukuthi ahogele ikhofi ngemva kwamahora angamashumi amabili nane okuphaphama.
Abacwaningi bathole ukuthi izakhi zofuzo eziyishumi nesikhombisa “zisebenza” kumagundane ahogela iphunga lekhofi. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, umsebenzi weshumi nantathu kubo wawuhluke kumagundane angenakulala kanye namagundane ane "ukuqwasha" kanye nephunga lekhofi. Ikakhulukazi, iphunga lekhofi likhuthaze ukukhululwa kwamaprotheni anezakhiwo ze-antioxidant - ukuvikela amangqamuzana ezinzwa emonakalweni ohlobene nokucindezeleka.