In research released today in PubMed Herbal cranberry extract was found to have therapeutic properties which target breast cancer cell angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels) as well as its viability. This means they help induce cancer cell death - which is what we want.
Cytotoxicity of PAC-1 was partially based on ROS generation and could be blocked by co-treatment with antioxidant glutathione.Glutathione is our bodies most powerful anti-oxident and helps support our immune system.
These findings suggest that PAC-1 exerts potent anticancer and anti-angiogenic properties and that highly purified PAC from cranberry can be further developed to treat ovarian cancer in combinational or single-agent therapy.
More great news about the healing power of plant foods! Anything that is an alternative to the traditional treatments of poison, cut and burn is good news indeed.
Read the abstract here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21922132?dopt=Abstract
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