Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Ginger Extract May Fight Prostate Cancer
Ritu Anejadi Professor of Biology at Georgia State University have found that ginger extract can prevent prostate cancer activity which research results have been published in the British Journal of Nutrition.
Although much research has been conducted to determine the anti-cancer properties in ginger, Professor Aneja chose to take a more holistic approach in investigating the types of molecules involved.
He does not believe that one compound alone can be used as an anti-cancer extract and consider the synergistic interaction of components that allow scientists to use a smaller amount of extract than using a single chemical substance. Evaluation data show that humans should consume about 3.5 ounces of ginger extract in a daily diet to achieve an efficacious effect.
“It may seem easier to examine extracts of plants, but the reality is not so because there are billions of other complex compounds and derivatives in there, and we do not know which ones are good. In addition, we are looking for compounds that are identified are not abundant, but very important and not can be ignored, “says Prof. Aneja from medicalnewstoday.
The research was spearheaded by Vibhuti ‘Simran’ Sharma, environmental chemist for the Southern Company as well as one of the students who led the research by Aneja.
“I browse a lot of previous research and found some papers on ginger. There’s not much research on the extract as a whole, particularly its effect on the prevention of latent prostate cancer is slow growing. Most of the literature focused only on the compounds found in ginger,” says Sharma.
In his experiments, Sharma found that cells that are most responsive to the ginger extract was prostate cancer cells, breast cancer cells and cervical cancer cells. Laboratory Aneja then do further research on prostate cancer and continue to be assisted by Sharma.
