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Gadget Wizard
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Tangerine Peel Fights Cancer
| Quote: | Tangerine peel could help in the fight against certain cancers, researchers said on Wednesday.
Human cancer cells, which contain an enzyme called P450 CYP1B1, were destroyed by a compound contained in tangerine peel, Salvestrol Q40, scientists at Leicester School of Pharmacy found.
The findings may offer a new approach to uncovering a treatment for cancers such as breast, lung, prostrate and ovarian cancer, the scientists said.
Medicinal chemist Dr. Hoon L. Tan said: "It is very exciting to find a compound in food that can target cancers specifically.
"Salvestrols may offer a new mechanism of dietary anti-cancer action.
"Indeed, the depletion of salvestrols in the modern diet is due to the fact that many people no longer eat the skin of fruits and this may be a major contributory factor to the increasing incidence of some cancers in the human population."
The breakthrough was being presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference held in Manchester. link |
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Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:31 am |
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Arwen
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This doesnt surprise me in the least. Citrus is good for some many things, the skin, a cold, cooking, baking, they use it in facials, peels etc its got alot of components to it.
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Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:37 pm |
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