Pomegranate.
Pomegranate fruit extract can block skin tumor formation in mice exposed to a cancer-causing agent, according to a report in the International Journal of Cancer. Dr. Hasan Mukhtar and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin at Madison conducted a variety of experiments to test the anti-cancer effects of pomegranate, a chemical with strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. In mice, putting pomegranate on the skin before exposure to the cancer-causing substance TPA inhibited the skin swelling and excessive cell growth that typically occurs. Moreover, mice treated with pomegranate developed fewer skin tumors than untreated mice.
Granatæbler viser sig at rumme en gruppe stoffer, som både forhindrer kræftcellers spredning i kroppen med metastaser, og bremser især prostatakræft på dens vej mod knoglerne. Foreløbig er der tale om laboratorieresultater i små petriglas på University of California.