For a plant that often in India and China, is extracted from bitter melon, triggers a cascade of events that eliminates breast cancer cells and prevents them from growing, according to a study published by the University of St. Louis United States, the journal Cancer Research.
Ratna Ray, director of the study explains that he was surprised that bitter melon extract, she prepares fried inhibited the growth of breast cancer cells. “To our knowledge, this is the first report on the effect of bitter melon extract on cancer cells. Our results are encouraging. We have shown that bitter melon extract induces cell death of breast cancer and reduction of growth and expansion. “
Bitter Melon Extract a Potent Drug
Ray said he decided that the effects of bitter melon extract study on breast cancer cells, because other studies have shown that the compound lowered glucose and cholesterol. Bitter melon extracted to be treated as a traditional medicine for diabetes in China and India are used.
The researchers used breast cancer cells in vitrine or in controlled laboratory conditions. The next step is to test Ray extract in an animal model to see if it participates in growth retardation or eliminate breast cancer cells. If these results are positive, after studies were conducted on humans.
Although it is too early to say whether the extract of this plant will help breast cancer patients, the researchers say, it pays to these studies. “There progress in the treatment of breast cancer have improved survival and quality of life for patients. However, women continue to die of the disease and important new approaches to treatment,” said Ray.
The researchers determined that it must be bitter melon as a miracle cure against breast cancer Excerpt: “The bitter melon is common in China and India, where women continue to suffer from breast cancer.