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Hot Pepper Kills Prostate Cancer Cells in
Study
(Reuters Health, 3/15/2006)
Dr. Soren Lehmann of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and
the University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine,
and team, fed capsaicin to mice implanted with human prostate
cancer. The scientists found that the tumors in mice consuming
capsaicin, a compound that makes some peppers hot, were
one-fifth the size of those not given this substance because
80% of the malignant cells self-destructed through a process
called apoptosis. While the study is preliminary, the findings
suggest that this hot pepper component may benefit human
cancer patients.
(Cancer Research) |
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