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A grass can kill pancreatic cancer

A grass of medicinal Middle East used since antiquity kill cancer cells of the pancreas, in addition to inhibit the development of the same as a result of its anti-inflammatory, according to researchers from the center of the Cancer Kimmel in Jefferson

Thymoquinone, the main constituent of the oil extract of Middle East on the basis of seeds of a plant called Nigella sativa, showed anti-inflammatory properties, through the reduction in inflammatory mediators of the cells of pancreatic cancer, according Hwyda Arafat, associate professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College of the University Thomas Jefferson.

The seeds of Nigella sativa and its oil used in traditional medicine in many countries in the Middle East and Asian countries, where helps treat a wide range of diseases, including some immune disorders and inflammatory, Arafat said.

Previous Studies have also shown that has effects against the prostate cancer and colon cancers, based on its findings were published earlier by the thymoquinone is an inhibitor of HDAC that has proved to have the ability to improve the inflammation associated with cancer. Read the rest of this entry »