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Oregano – the pasta and pizza herb – is killing prostate cancer cells</h3><div>
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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.<br>
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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. <br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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What is clear is that neither have the same damaging
side effects as the current therapies of surgery, chemotherapy and
radiotherapy.<br>
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(Source: The Experimental Biology 2012 conference, April 24, 2012).<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var></div></div></body></html>