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What is the function and efficacy of Saccharomyces cerevisiae?
Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains superoxide dismutase (SOD), which can catalyze the disproportionation of superoxide anion, eliminate the toxicity of superoxide anion and protect the body.

In addition, Saccharomyces cerevisiae also contains trehalose, vitamins, minerals, adenosine triphosphate and other nutrients and functional components, which have been continuously studied and utilized.

Yeast cell protoplasm is rich in small peptides, especially glutathione (GSH), which can be directly and quickly absorbed and utilized by animals, with low energy consumption and difficult saturation of carriers. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is rich in nucleic acids, about 95% of which are RNA, accounting for 7%- 10% of the dry cell mass.

The origin of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Scientists in China have discovered an amazing secret, that is, Argentine Patagonia's yeast colony actually belongs to China's Tibetan descent. Single-gene or multi-gene analysis showed that the corresponding genes of pumpkin and Tibetan beer yeast had high similarity. The true wild parent of Lager beer yeast is a yeast strain from Tibet, and its real origin is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China.

From the aspect of application and domestication, China is also the region with the highest heritability of domesticated yeast population among the six major domesticated yeast lineages and their evolutionary relationships in the world, so it is inferred that China is another origin center-the origin center of domesticated yeast.

Coincidentally, in the latest issue of Nature, two groups of French geneticists also published papers confirming that the origin of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is China.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Saccharomyces cerevisiae