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Pomegranate Shows Promise Against
Prostate Cancer
(HealthDayNews, 9/26/05)
Hasan Mukhtar of the University of Wisconsin, and team,
gave high doses of pomegranate extract to mice that had been
bred to have weak immune systems. The investigators found that
that the extract inhibited cancer in both the living mice and
in cell cultures in the lab. The scientists speculate that
pomegranate’s anti-cancer effect may be due to antioxidants
and say that they will perform further experiments to pinpoint
the active ingredient in the fruit and identify its mechanism
of action.
(Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, Sept. 2005) |
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