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Breast Cancer Stem Cells and BroccoSprouts
Research from the University of Michigan suggest that sulforaphane inhibits breast cancer stem and these findings support that sulforaphane is a potentially viable therapy for breast cancer.
The research article, published in Clinical Cancer Research (May 2010) states, “This [...]
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Filed under: SGS, antioxidants, breast cancer, broccoli, cancer, nutrition, recipes, science news, sprouts, tea on June 16th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In this study conducted at University of California, Davis, researchers extracted methanol from fresh broccoli sprouts. The sulforaphane from the broccoli sprouts inhibited the H. pylori. The researchers concluded that “The results indicate that broccoli sprouts can be an excellent food source for medicinal substances.”
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Filed under: SGS, science news, sprouts on May 13th, 2010 | No Comments »
New research found that specific green tea catechins travel from the digestive system into the tissues of the eyes.
The results of the study from researchers based at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Eye Hospital were published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and indicate that green tea [...]
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Dundee, Scotland, report in Photochemistry & Photobiological Sciences, a journal from the Royal Society of Chemistry, that hairless mice developed 25 per cent fewer skin tumours following exposure to UV radiation and fed a broccoli extract for 13 weeks, compared with mice receiving a standard protective [...]
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A recent study indicates green tea extract shows promise for the treatment of uterine fibroids. The research was done at the Center for Women’s Health Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. The study is published in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal [...]
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Filed under: science news, tea on January 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
Cisplatin is a chemotherapy drug with a possible side effect of kidney damage. In this animal study, sulforaphane showed a cytoprotective effect against cisplatin-induced “renal dysfunction, structural damage, oxidative/nitrosative stress, glutathione depletion, enhanced urinary hydrogen peroxide excretion and the decrease in antioxidant enzymes.”
Source: Sulforaphane protects against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity.
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A new study shows sulforaphane protects ischemic injury of hearts.
Rats received sulforaphane for 3 days, followed by the performanace of global ischemia on their hearts. Those rats who received sulforaphane prior to the ischemia showed improved coronary flow as compared with the untreated control hearts. Furthermore, sulforaphane significantly decreased the infarcted [...]
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Filed under: SGS, heart, science news on December 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
Researchers in Hong Kong conducted a study to observe the effects of green tea polyphenols on lungs exposed to cigarette smoke.
Rats were separated into four groups: One group was exposed to normal air, one to air with 4 per cent cigarette smoke, one to normal air and fed green tea, and one to cigarette [...]
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Filed under: lung, science news, tea on October 14th, 2009 | No Comments »
Tagged the Athena Breast Health Network, researchers from five schools including University of California San Diego will enroll and track 150,000 women for more than a decade, compiling data that will lead to more comprehensive understanding, prevention and treatment of breast cancer.
Researchers designed the project based on the 1948 Framingham Heart Study, which changed heart [...]
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Filed under: breast cancer, science news on October 7th, 2009 | No Comments »
According to an animal study from Imperial College London, sulforaphane stimulates the Nrf2 protein, a protective molecule that reduces arterial inflammation.
The scientists found that the Nrf2 protein is absent from the innermost layer of cells in the branches and bends of arteries, thus making them vulnerable to inflammation and disease and subsequent atherosclerosis.
Using mice engineered [...]
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Filed under: SGS, broccoli, heart, science news on September 9th, 2009 | No Comments »
