Showing posts with label Spicy chili Can Kill Prostate Cancer Cells. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Spicy chili Can Kill Prostate Cancer Cells

The chili is a food that can give a spicy taste sensation. Moreover, in a study published by the American Chemical Society's Journal of Physical Chemistry, chili believed to help kill prostate cancer cells.

Researchers found that the compound capsaicin can kill cancer cells. Capsaicin is a compound that causes the chili was hot and spicy in the mouth.

A study published in Cancer Research found that these compounds can reduce the size of the tumor when conducted experiments on mice. Previously, genetic engineering has been carried out on mice, so have cells of human prostate cancer.

Research shows, hot sensation on capsaicin can tear the cell membrane so that the cancer cells will eventually die. However, to get an effect in humans, estimated to need a dose high enough or consumption of chili so much in one day.