I roto i tētahi rangahau nā Tākuta Samira Samarakoon o te Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology i te Whare Wānanga o Colombo, me te tohunga kai rongonui a Tākuta DBT Wijeratne, i kitea he maha ngā painga hauora o te inu tī matomato me te Centella asiatica. Ka whakarei ake te gotu kola i ngā āhuatanga antioxidant, antiviral me te whakapakari ārai mate o te tī matomato.
E kiia ana te gotu kola he otaota roa te ora, ā, he mea nui hoki i roto i ngā rongoā tuku iho o Āhia, ko te tī matomato tētahi o ngā inu hauora rongonui o te ao. E mōhiotia whānuitia ana ngā painga hauora o te tī matomato, ā, e kainga whānuitia ana e te tini nā ōna āhuatanga antioxidant, te whakaiti i te momona, te ārai i te mate pukupuku, te whakaheke i te toto toto, me ētahi atu. Waihoki, e mōhiotia whānuitia ana ngā painga hauora o te kola i roto i ngā mahi hauora tawhito o Īnia, Hapani, Haina, Initonīhia, Āwherika ki te Tonga, Sri Lanka, me te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te Tonga. E whakaū ana ngā whakamātautau taiwhanga hou he āhuatanga antioxidant te kola, he pai mō te ate, he tiaki i te kiri, ā, he whakapai ake i te hinengaro me te mahara. I kī a Tākuta Samarakoon, mā te inu i te ranunga o te tī matomato me te kora, ka taea e te tangata te whiwhi i ngā painga hauora katoa o ngā mea e rua.
I mea ia kaua e neke atu i te 20 ōrau o te ranunga i roto i te Coca-Cola nā te mea kāore i te tino manakohia hei inu.
I kī a Tākuta Vieratne kua whakaūtia e ngā rangahau o mua he pānga pai te kai gotu kola ki te whakapai ake i te hauora o te ate, inā koa i roto i ngā momo mate pukupuku ate tuatahi, te mate pukupuku hepatocellular, te ate momona me te cirrhosis. E whakaatu ana hoki ngā rangahau hou ka taea e te kora te āwhina ki te whakaheke i te toto toto me te whakaiti i te mōrearea o te mate cardiovascular, tae atu ki te whiu, te mate myocardial infarction, me te mate ngakau coronary. Kua whakaatuhia e ngā rangahau rongoā ka taea e te tango kola te whakahaere i te mahi a te pūnaha io matua me te whakapai ake i ngā mahi hinengaro o te roro.
E tohu ana a Tākuta Wijeratne kua mōhiotia whānuitia ngā painga hauora o te tī matomato puta noa i te ao. He nui ake ngā rangahau pūtaiao mō ngā painga hauora o te tī matomato i te gotu kola. He nui ngā catechins, ngā polyphenols, inā koa te epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) i roto i te tī matomato. He antioxidant kaha te EGCG ka taea te patu i ngā pūtau matepukupuku me te kore e kino ki ngā pūtau noa. He whai hua hoki tēnei matū ki te whakaheke i te cholesterol lipoprotein iti-kiato, te aukati i ngā toto toto rerekē, me te whakaiti i te kohikohinga pereti. Hei tāpiri, kua kitea te tangohanga tī matomato he puna whai hua mō ngā antioxidants taiao e whakamahia pai ana hei whakarei ake i ngā āhuatanga antioxidant, e ai ki a Tākuta Wijeratne.
E ai ki a ia, ko te momona te tino take o ngā mate maha, tae atu ki te mate ngakau, te toto toto tiketike, te mate huka kāore e whakawhirinaki ana ki te insulin, te ngoikore o te pūkahukahu, te osteoarthritis me ētahi momo mate pukupuku. He pānga ārai-momona me te ārai-mate huka ngā catechins tī, inā koa ko te EGCG. E tirohia ana hoki te tī matomato hei otaota taiao ka taea te whakanui ake i te whakapaunga pūngao me te whakapūngao ngako hei whakaiti i te taumaha, e ai ki a Tākuta Wijeratne, me te tāpiri atu ko te whakakotahitanga o ngā otaota e rua ka taea te whakarato i ngā painga hauora maha.