purple sweet potato for blood vessel health

The substance of this book comes from the results of research on Purple Sweet Potatoes for approximately 15 years. Compiled based on the findings of the effect of purple sweet potato tuber extract, especially on the endothelium of blood vessels. The contents of this book are also equipped with journal digests about purple sweet potato or other herbs. The purpose of publishing this book is to make it easier for students to understand the efficacy of herbal medicines, especially purple sweet potatoes so that they are able to apply or explain to the public about the good use of herbal medicines, especially purple sweet potatoes. Thus, this book is not only important for students of the Faculty of Medicine but also important for the general public in order to increase their knowledge of how important it is to prevent disease with foods that contain certain active substances that are beneficial to health. Based on the results of the study, it is known that purple sweet potato tubers contain anthocyanins which can bind to various proteins in cells, causing beneficial biological effects, one of which is the antioxidant effect, so that it can protect the endothelial function of blood vessels by neutralizing the effects of free radicals, thereby preventing various cardiovascular diseases, for example. hypertension and atherosclerosis