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Cancer
Research
Tea
slows cancer growth by 90%
Black and green tea contain potent anti-cancer
agents which can help reduce tumour growths by as much as 90%,
according to researchers at the Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Center
for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, USA.
The researchers studied a mixture of polyphenols
and theaflavins, the cancer preventative components from green and black
tea and were surprised by the strength of the effects they had on tumour
cell growth in pancreatic and prostate cancers.
Pancreatic and prostate cancer cells were exposed
to black and green tea extracts for a period of just 24 hours. This
results were remarkable - the pancreatic cancer cells showed a 90 per cent
inhibition in their cell growth and the prostate cells showed similar
results.
This study revealed that components from black
and green tea extracts can alter the expression of genes known to play a
role in the process of cancer formation and may therefore have significant
cancer prevention properties in pancreatic and prostate cancer.
Source : Chemopreventive
effects of tea extracts and various components on human pancreatic and
prostate tumor cells in vitro. Lyn-Cook BD; Rogers T; Yan Y; et al Nutr
Cancer, 35:80-6, 1999
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