The peach and plum in Texas AgriLife died after treatments with extracts cancer cells - also the aggressive - type research before recent laboratory tests, and scientists say that the results are wonderfully promising. Slept not only cancer cells, but normal cells were not damaged thereby.
AgriLife of scientific research say two phenolic compounds are responsible for the death of cancer cells in the study, published in the journal of agricultural and food chemistry. Phenols are organic compounds that occur in fruit. You are slightly acidic and can be associated with characters such as the aroma, taste and color.
"It was a differential effect of which is what you want than to current treatment with chemotherapy, the substance kills all cells, so it's really hard on the body," said Dr. David Byrne, plant breeders AgriLife study of stone fruits. “” “”. Here there is a difference of 5 x poisonous intensity. You can a level where it cells cancer - the very aggressive - to kill, and not normal. »
Byrne and Dr. Luis Cisneros aircraft originally studied antioxidants and phytonutrients, plums and match or blueberries, which had been considered superior to other fruit in these categories.
"The next step was, some of these commercial varieties high in antioxidants to choose and to study their anti-cancer properties", Cisneros aircraft said. "And we have cancer as a target because it is the cancer with the highest incidence in women." It is therefore of great importance. »
According to the National Cancer Institute, he y 192 370 new cases of breast cancer in women and 1 910 cases in men in 2009. In the same year, 440 men and 40 170 women to died. The world Organization of the health of the chest reports of cancer accounts for 16% of cancer mortality in women around the world.
Cisneros aircraft, a AgriLife food researcher, said that the team of normal cells on two types of breast cancer, including the most aggressive type. The cells were with extract of two commercial, "The rich Lady" peach and the plum "black shine" dealt with.
"These excerpts killed cancer cells but not normal cells", said Cisneros aircraft.
Look at these two specific extracts certain components acid phenol - Chlorogenic and Neochlorogenic - loaded, to kill cancer cells while on doing not normal cells, said Cisneros aircraft.
Both connections are very common in fruit, the researchers but stone, said such as plums, peaches fruit have particularly high.
"When it very, very interesting kills normal cells from the perspective of alternatives to the typical chemotherapy with cancer," said Byrne.
The team said that an also laboratory tests confirm the growth of cancer animals given connections prevent connections.
Byrne is planning more details examine the lines of the varieties which have been tested to see how they can be incorporated in his research of breeding, plums, and peaches. Cisneros aircraft continue these excerpts and links in different types of cancer and other studies on the molecular mechanisms, the participants to test.
The book documents the health of the fruit to core services of the fruit tree was supported by vegetables and fruit improvement Center at Texas A & M University, the United States Department of agriculture and the agreement in California.