Mango The Anticancer Fruit
Written by WTJ on January 12, 2010 – 4:53 pm -
A couple food scientist at Texas Agrilife Research, Dr. Susanne Talcott and Dr Steve Talcott, studied the effectiveness of mango in preventing and stopping cancer cells.
The Talcotts examined five common varieties of mango in the United States. They found that polyphenol extracts from mango promote anticancer activity in certain colon and breast cancer cells in lab. The polyphenols also have some effects on lung, leukemia and prostate cancers. Polyphenols can be found in tea, wine grapes, walnuts, and cocoa. The scientists explained polyphenols consisted of tannins. Tannins have the function of interrupting cell cycle, hence stopping mutated or damaged cells from going wild. The polyphenolics do not cause harm to normal cells.
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