[MPWG] abt oregano

[Lalitha S]

Oregano – the pasta and pizza herb – is killing prostate cancer cells
Oregano – the herb used in pasta and pizzas – kills 
prostate cancer cells.   The results are so exciting that researchers 
hope that the ‘super herb’ will become a standard treatment – and one 
without side effects.

Carvacrol, a constituent of oregano, is causing 
apoptosis – or cell death – in prostate cancer cells in laboratory tests
 being carried out by researchers from Long Island University.  

Their results mirror earlier studies that had 
discovered that pizza seems to reduce cancer risk, but now the new 
research suggests why it has such a positive effect.

Initially, researchers believed that lycopene, which is
 found in the tomato sauce covering on pizzas, had anti-cancer 
qualities.  The Long Island researchers say that oregano and lycopene 
could be working synergistically to kill cancer cells.

What is clear is that neither have the same damaging 
side effects as the current therapies of surgery, chemotherapy and 
radiotherapy.

(Source: The Experimental Biology 2012 conference, April 24, 2012).
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