According to a study conducted in Germany, pectin and apple extracts show anticancer properties by increasing the levels of butyrate in the body, associated with higher cancer protection colon. Recall that
butyrate is a main nutrient epiteliloso the colon, also play an important role in the protective effect of dietary fiber against colon cancer. Using human feces as susbtancia test has been proven that adding apple extract increases the production of butyrate production inhibits histone deacetylases (HDAC) significantly slows the growth of tumors.
colon cancer is a major cause of mortality in developed countries and its incidence has an important bearing on the diet. Maybe that's why and, perhaps unknowingly, the European Parliament has recommended the consumption of fruit, especially apples, among children and adolescents.
Domingo MartÃnez Madrid
Apples
cancer
That the apple is rich in vitamins, is an aspect with which we are familiar, but now adds a new quality: the anti-cancer function and thus their potential usefulness in the prevention of this disease that concerns us.
After studying the components and properties of the apple, the researchers reached an important conclusion: the apple has an inhibitory function of cancer development, thanks the presence, especially in the shell, two phytochemicals that work together (flavonoids and polyphenols). The experts also found that the fruit has great antioxidant properties as its vitamin E.
The experiment results were released by the journal Nature, one of those responsible for the project, Professor Rui Hai Liu, explained how the combination of these substances gives the fruit the anticancer activity and individual action is not the same.
In the laboratory, they usually do research on plants for identification and isolation of phytochemicals with anticancer properties contained therein. Scientists are interested in isolating and defining the benefits of components such as vitamin C, vitamin E and beta carotene, among others.
intake of tablets can be replaced by eating fresh fruits
Researchers have found that most of the antioxidant effects of apples are given by the action of phytochemicals, while vitamin C is only responsible for a small part of that activity.
Several studies in this field has shown that eating 100 grams. fresh apple with the skin provides the body with the same amount of antioxidant intake of 3 tablets vitamin C of 500 milligrams each.
Antioxidants are useful in preventing damage to cells and tissues caused by oxidation. Liu explains the specialist can get enough antioxidants from foods (fruits and vegetables) without worrying about their toxicity, and is better than taking pills.
His research also aims to test the importance of phytochemicals to human health because some of them contain known anti-allergenic properties, but there are other phytochemicals that have anti-cancer properties, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and anti-proliferative.
reports laboratory confirmed its benefits we
A group of professionals and American scientists tried colon cancer cells with apple extract and found it, inhibited the proliferation of cancer cells. Dividing
apple skin and flesh, the results were that apple skin extract inhibited by 43 percent and pulp cancer by 29 percent. In the case of liver cancer, skin extract inhibited the cancer cells by 57 percent and pulp extract by 40 percent.
These results were greeted with optimism by the American Cancer Society, but chose these findings with caution. Believe it is too early to say exactly which substances in apples give this protection, saying that for the moment that the best way to reduce the risk of cancer is eating enough fresh fruits and vegetables. "
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