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Ginkgo May Ward Off
Ovarian Cancer
(NY, Reuters Health, 11/10/05)
When Dr. Bin Ye of Brigham and Women's
Hospital in Boston, and team, compared more than 600 women
with ovarian cancer to 640 healthy controls, the investigators
found that among the five most commonly used herbal
supplements—ginkgo, echinacea, St. John's Wort, ginseng, and
chondroitin—only ginkgo was associated with a significantly
reduced risk of developing ovarian cancer. Dr. Ye’s team also
found that exposing ovarian cancer cells to a low dose of
ginkgolide for 72 hours slowed their growth by 80 %. These
findings suggest that ginkgo biloba protects against ovarian
cancer.
(Cancer Prevention
Conference, Baltimore, November 2005) |
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