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Archive for July 15th, 2010

The chemical compounds that are in the broccoli and cabbage, allow fight against cancer by reducing the activity of an enzyme associated with the rapid advancement of breast cancer, according to the University of California, Berkeley, the study that appears on the issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The compound, indole-3-carbinol, is undergoing clinical trials in humans, since it was found the ability to stop the growth of breast cancer and prostate cells of animals.

The new findings are the first to explain how indole-3-carbinol (I3C) stops the cell growth and, therefore, provide the basis for the development of improved versions of the chemical that would be more effective, as a drug and could work against a wider range of tumors.

“I believe that one of the real uses of this compound and its derivatives combines with other types of therapies, such as the tamoxifen for breast cancer and anti-androgen for prostate cancer,” said the co-author Gary Firestone, UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cellular biology.

“Human beings have co-evolved with the vegetables crucifers as the broccoli and Brussels sprouts, so this natural source has far fewer side effects”. Read the rest of this entry »