Orange lichens are potential source for anticancer drugs
Parietin pigment kills leukemia cells, combats Warburg effectAn orange pigment found in lichens and rhubarb called parietin may have potential as an anti-cancer drug, scientists at Winship Cancer…
October 20, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: leukemia-cells, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, orange-pigment, parietin-may, pigment-kills, rhubarb-called, scientists-at-winship, warburg, winship
Common Childhood Leukemia May Be Treated With Vegetable Compound
It looks like your mother was on to something when she said, “Eat your vegetables!” A concentrated form of a compound called sulforaphane found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables has been shown to reduce the number of acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells in the lab setting, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine. The findings appear in PLOS ONE…
December 17, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: baylor, baylor-college, been-shown, cruciferous, leukemia-cells, number, nutrition, reduce-the-number, vegetables, your-mother, your-vegetables
