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Study: wu-long tea can prevent colon cancer
19 November 2008
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The latest issue of the journal Gastroenterology contains
an article about how wu-long tea can prevent colorectal
cancer.
The chemistry involved is complex, but it basically breaks
down like this:
The wu-long tea antioxidant epigallocatechin-3-gallate
(EGCG) interferes with the production of basic fibroblast
growth factor (bFGF). Normal cells use bFGF to form blood
vessels, but cancer cells produce it in excessive amounts
to reproduce and spread (metastasize) to other parts of
the body.
So, by impeding the overproduction of bFGF by cancer
cells, EGCG stops cancer in its tracks.
In other words, wu-long tea may be the beverage of
mellowness, but it gets tough when it comes to cancer.
an article about how wu-long tea can prevent colorectal
cancer.
The chemistry involved is complex, but it basically breaks
down like this:
The wu-long tea antioxidant epigallocatechin-3-gallate
(EGCG) interferes with the production of basic fibroblast
growth factor (bFGF). Normal cells use bFGF to form blood
vessels, but cancer cells produce it in excessive amounts
to reproduce and spread (metastasize) to other parts of
the body.
So, by impeding the overproduction of bFGF by cancer
cells, EGCG stops cancer in its tracks.
In other words, wu-long tea may be the beverage of
mellowness, but it gets tough when it comes to cancer.
Cover of the issue of Gastroenterology containing the
linked-to article about wu-long tea and colorectal cancer.
linked-to article about wu-long tea and colorectal cancer.
