The new study not only confirms the ability of vitamin C in cancer fighting vitamins, but also reveals how high-dose vitamin C vitamin C can be harmful to cancer cells, but not harmful to healthy cells.
According to new research was published online in the journal Redox Biology, researchers from the University of Iowa found that vitamin C easily damaged, creating hydrogen peroxide, a reactive oxygen species that cause damage to the tissues and DNA.
However, according to research, cancer cells are much more capable of removing hydrogen peroxide is compared to healthy cells is normal.
As a result, the team believes that high doses of vitamin C administered intravenously can be effective in helping fight cancer when used in conjunction with chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
"In this study we proved that cancer cells are much more efficient at removing hydrogen peroxide dibamding normal cells. Thus, cancer cells are much more susceptible to damage and death caused by hydrogen peroxide in high levels," said Garry Buettner , professor of radiation oncology and a member of the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa were also involved in this research project.
