02/22/2019 / By Ellaine Castillo
Researchers from the Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Institute of Science and Technology have found a potential natural remedy for colon cancer in curcumin. Their study, which was published in the journal Nutrition Research, showed that this compound can induce apoptosis in colon cancer cells.
Overall, these results suggest that curcumin has potential use as a natural remedy for colon cancer. This is possible because of its ability to generate ROS that can induce apoptosis and inhibit the cell cycle of colon cancer cells.
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Journal Reference:
Agarwal A, Kasinathan A, Ganesan R, Balasubramanian A, Bhaskaran J, Suresh S, Srinivasan R, Aravind K, Sivalingam N. CURCUMIN INDUCES APOPTOSIS AND CELL CYCLE ARREST VIA THE ACTIVATION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES–INDEPENDENT MITOCHONDRIAL APOPTOTIC PATHWAY IN SMAD4 AND P53 MUTATED COLON ADENOCARCINOMA HT29 CELLS. Nutrition Research. 6 January 2018;51. DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2017.12.011
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