[MPWG] NEWS: Fruit compound fights head and neck cancer

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Tue Oct 16 13:24:34 CDT 2007


Missed including this on in my earlier post.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071016/hl_nm/cancer_fruits_dc

Fruit compound fights head and neck cancer
By Tan Ee Lyn
Tue Oct 16, 5:57 AM ET

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Lupeol, a compound in fruits like mangoes, grapes 
and strawberries, appears to be effective in killing and curbing the 
spread of cancer cells in the head and neck, a study in Hong Kong has 
found.

See the link above for the full article text.




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