«In the study, using
human colon cancer cell lines, we showed that the growth of cancer cells can be largely prevented using a combination of both drugs in a petri dish as well as in mouse models,» said Srivastava.
A flavorful component of cinnamon oil, called cinnamaldehyde, may help prevent colon cancer, according to a tissue culture study
of human colon cancer cells published in the May 2010 issue of the journal «Molecules.»
The new study, which was in collaboration with the UK Medical Research Council and Cambridge University, looked at the effect of normal supplemental doses of these compounds on two types of
cultured human colon cancer cells.
Using human colon cancer cells and primary human fibroblasts isolated from tumors and adjacent normal tissues, Alexandros Glentis and colleagues at the Institut Curie addressed the question of whether the cancer cells or the CAF cells were responsible for the breakdown of the basement membrane that leads to cancer progression.
For the time course study, cells were treated with 20 μM of EGCG for 12, 24, 48, 72, or 144
h. Human colon cancer cell line HT - 29 and prostate cancer cell line PC3 were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA), and were grown in McCoy's 5A and RPMI 1640 containing 10 % fetal bovine serum, respectively.
In a recent study published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, acai suppressed the growth and reproduction of
human colon cancer cells by an astonishing 90 percent.
There's the fermentation of casein by lactobacillus bacteria (as seen in yogurt and cheese - making) imbuing it with antiproliferative properties in
human colon cancer cells.
They help block the ability of cancer cells to produce the tumor invasion enzyme in the first place, in
both human colon cancer cells, and human breast cancer.