It is the only enzyme in the human body capable of amidation, a chemical process that activates certain peptide hormones, including GLP-1
Int J Res Appl Sci Biotechnol 8(2):98106 Chowdhury S, Shuvo MJ, Mannan MA (2023) A potential review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicity of Plumbago zeylanica
In the 1990s, researchers at Novo Nordisk in Denmark, including Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, drew inspiration from the Gila monster's venom protein Exendin-4 and successfully developed the first GLP-1 drug, exenatide
Oils like canola and soy have actually been shown to contribute to conditions like Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and can be a cause of biliary stasis
Recent investigation has also illustrated pharmacological inhibition of HDAC by butyrate, a critical short chain fatty acid (SCFA) derived from the gut microbiota, promotes histone crotonylation in the colon and depletion of the gut microbiota reduces the generation of SCFA, resulting in a loss of histone crotonylation [88]