澳大利亚和英国的研究人员就食用绿叶蔬菜对健康的益处有一项重要发现:绿叶蔬菜中含有一种益生菌所寻求的不寻常的糖,可助益生菌成长,从而抵抗肠道中的有害细菌。该研究发表在《自然化学生物学》杂志上。这种糖被称为sulfoquinovose(SQ),由绿叶通过光合作用生成——即植物利用来自太阳的能量,将化学能转化成糖的形式的过程。细菌利用SQ作为碳和硫的来源。硫在蛋白质的形成 An important finding of the health benefits of green leafy vegetables is that Australian and British researchers found that green leafy vegetables contain unusual sugars sought by probiotics that can help growth of bacteria and thus counteract harmful bacteria in the gut. The study was published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. This sugar, known as sulfoquinovose (SQ), is produced by photosynthesis from green leaves - the process by which plants use the energy from the sun to convert chemical energy into the form of sugar. Bacteria use SQ as a source of carbon and sulfur. Sulfur in protein formation