BARCELONA, Spain, Feb 6, 2009 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Scientists in Spain confirm
the polyphenols in extra virgin olive oil help to combat breast cancer.
Javier A. Menendez, of the Catalonian Institute of Oncology, in collaboration
with Alberto Fernandez Gutierrez, and Antonio Segura Carretero, of the
University of Granada confirmed the bioactivity of polyphenols -- natural
anti-oxidants -- present in olive oil helps combat breast cancer cell lines.
The study, published in the journal BMC Cancer, confirms the potentiality of
polyphenols to inhibit HER2 breast cancer activity and to promote its
degradation.
The results, together with the fact that humans have consumed secoiridoids and
lignans safely for a long time through oil and olive oil consumption, endorse
the fact that such phytochemicals could be an excellent and safe basis for the
design of new anti-HER2 compounds, the researchers said.
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