Anticancer substances can be extracted from fruits

    The results studied by Harbin Medical experts filled in the domestic research blank

    It is known that the fruits are rich in vitamin C and other nutrients. The latest research by Harbin Medical experts for 6 years found that fruits also contain the more important substances than vitamin. The substances can prevent and cure cancer, which was proved in animal experiments. It was learned that the results filled in the gap of integrated fruit anticancer field. The researchers completed the animal experiments simultaneously with the American researchers’, occupied leading position in the international arena.

    The research principal, Mr. Liu Ming, Deputy Director of the Institute of Cancer, started the study of plant extract treating tumor comprehensively during the period of Ph.D in USA, 2000. After returning in 2001, the group led by Professor Liu Ming and Professor Shen Baozhong continues the study and focus on extracting the “anticancer” from apple, grape, raspberry and other fruits. They found that fruits are not only rich in vitamins but also other botanical chemical nutrients which are anticancer. Though they are all equally natural ingredients, but compared with vitamin C, they have 100 times higher anti-oxidation, anti-tumor cell formation function. From 2004, the research group started animal experiments. They fed two group of rats by anticancer substances extracted from apples in different dosage; the third group rats were not fed. Two months later, experts found that the group rats fed higher-dosage anticancer had no tumor; the group rats fed lower-dosage anticancer had small tumors; the third group rats had obvious tumors.

    It was found that the anticancer extracted from grape has the significant inhibitory effect to tumor by the same method. In addition, grape extracts can inhibit formation of new vessels around tumor, which is very effective “starvation therapy” to cancer.

    Years of research proved that anticancer substances from fruits have obvious prevention and therapeutic efficacy against large intestine cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer and other kinds of cancers. "broad-spectrum" anti-cancer substances so to speak.

    Prof. Liu Ming introduced that fruit anticancer substances can be used for prevention and clinical treatment of high-risk group who have genetic family history or HBV, etc.

    The series of fruit anti-cancer substances research by Harbin experts has been supported by Ministry of Education, Ministry of Personnel, Provincial Science committee, Provincial Education committee, and Provincial Personnel Department. Research results have been published in the Chinese Journal of Experimental Surger and Journal of Practical Oncology and other authoritative magazine. Two papers “Oxidation resistance function of raspberry extracts inhibits the reproductive activity of tumor cells”, “Grapes extracts inhibit neovascularization function” have been embodied by SCI.

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