Colon Cancer Treatment Options, Smaller Doses Red Grape Chemical

Chronic disease known to be difficult to cure, but actually benefits the skin of red grapes can used as a colon cancer treatment options. According to the study, Resveratrol as a chemical found in red grapes turned out to be more effective in smaller doses to prevent colon cancer. The benefits of red grape for colon cancer have published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

According to scientists, a high dose of resveratrol purified prior to study potential cancer prevention. This study considered the first time to see the effects of low doses given on a daily basis. Low doses of resveratrol equivalent to 250 ml, or a glass of red wine.

Colon Cancer Treatment Options

Tests on colon cancer given a smaller dose showed a 50 percent decrease per the size of the tumor, whereas high doses decreased 25 percent. Lower doses of resveratrol two times more effective to stop tumor growth. Despite the fact this test is only seen in animals fed a high-fat diet.

Tumor samples of colon cancer patients given different doses of Resveratrol. This suggests that lower doses can fit into cancer cells and potentially affect the processes involved in tumor growth.

Resveratrol, a chemical that occurs naturally found in grape skins and other plants. Laboratory research explains that this chemical has anti-cancer properties, although human trials should mixed. This research has opened new avenues, where the role of a purified resveratrol used as a colon cancer treatment options. But research shows may be effective only for people with a specific genetic, lifestyle and certain diets.

Professor Karen Brown said the study is the first time that low doses of resveratrol might be better to use as a colon cancer treatment options instead of using high doses. The same applies to chemicals and vitamins derived from other plants, are also being studied for the prevention of cancer. The next phase of the study tested clinically, whether resveratrol has the same effect in people at high risk of colon cancer.

However, that does not mean drinking red grapes reduces the risk of cancer. This habit is the same as drinking alcohol actually increases the likelihood of developing the disease. You can not separate resveratrol from alcohol, it will faced with the risk of cancer associated with alcohol.

Reference of this study published in the journal 'Cancer chemoprevention: Evidence of a nonlinear dose response for the protective effects of resveratrol in humans and mice'. Science Translational Medicine, 2015; 7 (298): 298ra117 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaa7619

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