Nā ngā rīpoata ā-mea o Shanglaite e whakauru ana i te hunga tūmomo kōwhai whero, ka hiki i te mana o te maha ki ngā wāhi matua hei whakamahere i te maha o ngā paihikara moana. Ko te kōwhai whero, e ai ki te whanaketanga 630 - 660 nanomete, he āheinga ki te whitiwhiti i runga i te kauwae o te kinaki me te hanga i te raro anō, inaianei ko te dermis. I kitea e ngā pūtahi, ka whakatipu te kōwhai whero i ngā mitokondria, nā reira ka puta ake te atoena triphosphate (ATP), ko tēnei te wāhi matua hei whakapakari i te tinana. Nā te whakatipu i te mana o ngā pūtahi ka whakawhanake ngā mahi bihaera, pērā i te whakatupu i te kolaene. He mea nui te kolaene hei tirotiro i te whakarite me te whakapakari i te kinaki, ko te whakatupu ake i te kolaene ka taea te whakaiti i te kitea mai o ngā rākau iti me ngā whiria, ka tukua mai te ataahua me te hāpai i te ahua tamariki o te kinaki. He mea hirahira hoki te rongoā kōwhai whero. Ka taea e ia te whakaiti i te whakaputa i ngā kaiwhakaohooho pro-inflammatory, ka whakaiti i te kura, te pūpū, me te matakawa i roto i te kinaki. Nā tēnei ka noho painga tonu mō ēnei e mau ana i te matakawa ranei, e here ana i te akanga, inahea ka hāpai i te matakawa me te whakararahi i te matakawa. No reira, ka taea e te hunga tūmomo kōwhai whero o Shanglaite te whakamahi i te ara whakararahitanga taumata o te kinaki. Mēnā kei te whakahoki mai i ngā mamae iti, te whakaiti i te kitea mai o ngā kapu, rānei te whakamahere i te whakararahi i muri i te rongoā, ka taea e te rongoā kōwhai whero te whakawhanake i te whakatupu i ngā pūtahi me te whakatika i ngā hokoanga. E whakatuwhera ana ngā rīpoata ā-mea o Shanglaite me te hunga tūmomo kōwhai whero hei whakamahi mō ngā whakamahi kinaki, ka whakaae te whakamahi i tēnei rongoā pai ki roto i ō rātau rerenga whakamahi moana hei kite i ngā hua.