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BRAZILIAN BERRY DESTROYS CANCER CELLS IN LAB
Posted By: Mother_Of_The_World <Send E-Mail>
Date: Friday, 11 January 2008, 12:17 p.m.
I've been consuming Acai - in various ways - occasionally for a little while
now: however, given The FDA's present war against alternative
supplements.....I wonder how long it might be before ones cointaining Acai
predominantly become history in our respective consumer societies?
We shall see!
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Source: University of Florida News
Brazilian berry destroys cancer cells in lab, UF study shows
Filed under Research, Health, Sciences, Agriculture on Thursday, January 12,
2006.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Brazilian berry popular in health food contains
antioxidants that destroyed cultured human cancer cells in a recent University
of Florida study, one of the first to investigate the fruit’s purported
benefits.
Published today in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the study
showed extracts from acai (ah-SAH’-ee) berries triggered a self-destruct
response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested, said Stephen Talcott,
an assistant professor with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural
Sciences.
“Acai berries are already considered one of the richest fruit sources of
antioxidants,” Talcott said. “This study was an important step toward
learning what people may gain from using beverages, dietary supplements or
other products made with the berries.”
He cautioned that the study, funded by UF sources, was not intended to show
whether compounds found in acai berries could prevent leukemia in people.
“This was only a cell-culture model and we don’t want to give anyone false
hope,” Talcott said. “We are encouraged by the findings, however.
Compounds that show good activity against cancer cells in a model system are
most likely to have beneficial effects in our bodies.”
*SNIP*
COMPLETE REPORT:
http://news.ufl.edu/2006/01/12/berries/
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