Spices and their antioxidant properties, spices that prevent and cure cancer

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fx6FRTzxXg5gBlCG_HFEjN_-UEmdaESaxmH__q1oW1IApA8FCoAkSWfef_Qxo17JcGzpDM9zEp9smqLQ72DpzQhRenV5P80NugYr8QAtL3GGc7of4yFkxm6rRA8FjxEPOlyuZ9BEREM/s1600/Spices+and+their+antioxidant+properties,+spices+that+prevent+and+cure+cancer+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fx6FRTzxXg5gBlCG_HFEjN_-UEmdaESaxmH__q1oW1IApA8FCoAkSWfef_Qxo17JcGzpDM9zEp9smqLQ72DpzQhRenV5P80NugYr8QAtL3GGc7of4yFkxm6rRA8FjxEPOlyuZ9BEREM/s200/Spices+and+their+antioxidant+properties,+spices+that+prevent+and+cure+cancer+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A selection of spices can avert the multiplying of malignant cells in the body that gradually mature into insurmountable cancer cells.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Spices like turmeric and saffron are inherent with medicinal properties that, when incorporated to our diet from an early stage strengthens our bodies against invasion of toxins, bacteria and viruses.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A conscious effort has been made in the scientific community to provide information about the amount of spices needed to bring about a response and thus their physiological relevance. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Although the health attributes associated with spice use may arise from their antioxidant properties, their biological effects may arise from their ability to induce changes in a number of cellular processes, including those involved with drug metabolism, cell division, apoptosis, differentiation, and immunocompetence.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The complexity of understanding the biological response to spices first surfaces in the criteria used to distinguish what constitutes a culinary spice and how they differ from culinary herbs. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> These terms are often used interchangeably in the scientific and lay literature. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) defines a spice as an “aromatic vegetable substance, in the whole, broken, or ground form,” whose significant function in food is “seasoning rather than nutrition” and from which “no portion of any volatile oil or other flavoring principle has been removed”.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While this is a viable definition, it does not consider the biological consequences of consuming these items and how they differ from herbs. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The U.S. National Arboretum offers an alternative definition and describes spices as “flavorings (often of tropical origin) that are dried and culinary herbs that are fresh or dried leaves from plants which can be used for flavoring purposes in food preparation” (United States National Arboretum 2.002). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We must remember that the quantity of an item consumed does not dictate its importance. Thus, to avoid the health significance in any definition would appear flawed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Three types of biomarkers exposure, effect, and susceptibility are needed to evaluate the effects of spices in cancer prevention and therapy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Additional information about the amounts of specific spices required to bring about a response (effect) and the interactions of spices with other constituents of the diet, microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, environmental exposures, and human genetics (susceptibility factors) will be needed to unravel the true benefits of adding spices to the diet.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Spices may be a key to determining the balance between pro- and anticancer factors that regulate risk and tumor behavior. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> About 75% of households use dietary approaches to reduce their risk of diseases, including cancer. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> People between the ages of 36 and 55 are increasingly interested in adopting healthy eating behaviors and are gravitating toward ethnic cuisines based on perceived health benefits. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Many of these ethnic foods are loaded with unique and flavorful spices; however, while dietary guidelines in several countries tend to support the incorporation of spices into diets, quantifiable recommendations for specific amounts have not yet been forthcoming.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Multiple factors may influence the need for spices for reducing the risk of cancer or changing the biological behavior of cancerous cells.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Between 1.970 and 2.005, the overall per capita consumption of spices in the United States doubled, increasing from about 1.6 to 3.3 pounds per year (United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, 2.007). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As expected, the consumption of some spices increased far more than others; for example, garlic consumption increased more than sixfold.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ability of spices to serve as inhibitors of carcinogen bioactivation, decrease free radical formation, suppress cell division and promote apoptosis in cancerous cells, suppress microbial growth, and regulate inflammation and immunocompetence will be discussed as plausible mechanisms by which selected spices may promote health and disease resistance. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The low toxicity and wide acceptance of spices may make them particularly useful as a subtle personal dietary change that may decrease risk for several diseases.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Multiple cancer related processes may account for the ability of spices to inhibit experimentally induced cancers. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While these processes are likely critical for determining the risk of cancer and tumor behavior in humans, only limited clinical evidence exists that spices in physiological relevant exposures can alter one or more of these process.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Powerful Spices Proven To Prevent and Treat Cancer</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTIKHGLFJQ92YfjqsuALYCevzeLYxnlIv23-YQKubbeMQ4M_VaS7ywhb13KALdY0WZKsbWuf6OqPTUjbc0FlOMZLZZbQ4b6CYsFZjATHeVn6RcMM72iN-AaEmjrYsacjoxptVEIuIbfk/s1600/Spices+and+their+antioxidant+properties,+spices+that+prevent+and+cure+cancer+1+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjTIKHGLFJQ92YfjqsuALYCevzeLYxnlIv23-YQKubbeMQ4M_VaS7ywhb13KALdY0WZKsbWuf6OqPTUjbc0FlOMZLZZbQ4b6CYsFZjATHeVn6RcMM72iN-AaEmjrYsacjoxptVEIuIbfk/s200/Spices+and+their+antioxidant+properties,+spices+that+prevent+and+cure+cancer+1+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Allspice :</b> the term “allspice” was coined in the 1.600s by the English, who thought the herb combined the flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Allspice is also referred to as “Jamaica pepper,” “kurundu,” “myrtle pepper,” “pimenta,” and “newspice.” </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ground allspice is not a mixture of spices as some still believe, but arises from the dried unripe berries of the tree Pimenta dioica. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This tree is native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today, P. dioica is cultivated in many warm areas throughout the world. Allspice is also available commercially as an essential oil.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Allspice possesses antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic, anticancer, and antitumorigenic properties (Rompelberg et al. 1.996; Al-Rehaily et al. 2.002; Kluth et al. 2.007). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It contains a multitude of potential bioactive agents that may contribute to health promotion, including flavonoids, phenolic acids, catechins, and several phenylpropanoids.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The anticancer properties of allspice may be in part due to its ability to influence cytochrome P450 (CYP) activity and thereby influence carcinogen bioactivation. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kluth et al. (2.007) cultured human liver carcinoma cells and human colon adenocarcinoma cells and studied the ability of the spice extract to activate mechanisms related to detoxification enzymes. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0XXHtistIF7e5E_4xu73P0CRYH0N6dvDsHInAiWg4J_4WC8FLHKrqMzcVvocS5S8Eat2B4b4sCUUqcI-tHoNS7MlNWg8GPvczh6dwmFyirrXAHTcwRGxp-p3j1_ehO0av8nGOGPXp04/s1600/basil+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0XXHtistIF7e5E_4xu73P0CRYH0N6dvDsHInAiWg4J_4WC8FLHKrqMzcVvocS5S8Eat2B4b4sCUUqcI-tHoNS7MlNWg8GPvczh6dwmFyirrXAHTcwRGxp-p3j1_ehO0av8nGOGPXp04/s200/basil+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Basil :</b> (Ocimum basilicum) is a culinary herb prominently featured in Italian and Southeast Asian cuisines. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While many varieties of basil exist, sweet basil is one of the most predominant and most frequently examined herbs for its health benefits. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Basil is originally native to Iran, India, and other tropical regions of Asia, but now it is widely available throughout the world. Basil’s antioxidant, antimutagenic, antitumorigenic, antiviral, and antibacterial properties likely arise from a variety of components including linalool, 1,8-cineole, estragole, and eugenol (Muller et al. 1.994; Chiang et al. 2.005; Makri and Kintzios 2.007).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There is evidence that basil can decrease induced carcinogenesis. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Providing Swiss mice with a diet containing 150 or 300 mg/kg body weight of basil extract decreased Dmba induced skin tumors (12.5% reduction and 18.75% reduction for lower and higher doses, respectively), and lowered the tumor burden per mouse. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Compared to the average number of tumors per mouse in the controls, the tumor burden was approximately 2.4 times lower in the low-dose basil group and 4.6 times lower in the high-dose basil group (Dasgupta, Rao, and Yadava 2.004). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The anticancer properties of basil may also relate to its ability to influence viral infections. Individuals with hepatitis B are recognized to be at increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (Fung, Lai, and Yuen 2.009; Ishikawa 2.010). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Chiang et al. (2.005) evaluated the antiviral activities of basil extract and selected basil constituents in a human skin basal cell carcinoma cell line against several viruses, including hepatitis B. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-p6n59rq4gCuSbPUoyVP5Uctp6F1TSBymArmCnTFt96OSO0uVcCmUI2I3LpIhqkbGXpfmAmPG9W0vOHRqrowGcDQFVfsHc7Gur002mjquLA-2Lb8meYHK2S7pax6DxsOFJyPh-pp7TQ/s1600/caraway+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8-p6n59rq4gCuSbPUoyVP5Uctp6F1TSBymArmCnTFt96OSO0uVcCmUI2I3LpIhqkbGXpfmAmPG9W0vOHRqrowGcDQFVfsHc7Gur002mjquLA-2Lb8meYHK2S7pax6DxsOFJyPh-pp7TQ/s200/caraway+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Caraway : </b>(Carum carvi), also known as “meridian fennel” or “Persian cumin,” is native to western Asia, Europe, and northern Africa. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Recently, Kapoor et al. (2.010) showed that caraway essential oil and oleoresins were progressively effectively with dose as antioxidants and more effective than commercial butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydroxytoluene. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Schwaireb (1.993) examined dietary caraway oil for its effects on skin tumors induced by Dmba and croton oil in female mice. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The number of carcinomas in those animals provided with caraway oil were significantly less than in the controls.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Caraway may also influence carcinogen activation by its ability to modify carcinogen bioactivation. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Overall, changes in both phase I and II enzymes are consistent with the ability of caraway and its active constituent to lower chemically induced cancers. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJCKMZsdVgjpC_HND976g9e3AYoqYFOFwhV_tIWeoqh_2RjXtAIeSeTVoAXx1doSRNN8YhWm1gGN29VZWCHQhoagaqJ62UbGpjaCzWMXkx7Br7mh44-Ov3XVU3k53LY241GEioBnybyM/s1600/cardamom+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJCKMZsdVgjpC_HND976g9e3AYoqYFOFwhV_tIWeoqh_2RjXtAIeSeTVoAXx1doSRNN8YhWm1gGN29VZWCHQhoagaqJ62UbGpjaCzWMXkx7Br7mh44-Ov3XVU3k53LY241GEioBnybyM/s200/cardamom+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Cardamom :</b> refers to herbs within the Elettaria (green) and Amomum (black) genera of the ginger family. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Cardamom is a common ingredient used in Indian cooking and in various parts of Europe. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As with many spices, cardamom has been demonstrated to have antioxidant properties. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kikuzaki, Kawai, and Nakatani (2.001) examined extracts from black cardamom (Amomum subulatum) for their ability to scavenge radicals.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ability of cardamom to inhibit chemical carcinogenesis was shown by Banerjee et al. (1.994), whose observations suggest that intake of cardamom oil affects the enzymes associated with xenobiotic metabolism and may therefore have benefits as a deterrent to cancer.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Cardamom has also been demonstrated to decrease azoxymethane-induced colon carcinogenesis by virtue of its anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, and proapoptotic activities. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg043azTUKU3dv_iIHmEkc0_OVEpPaVOaXkAb6BhM0Zj0JbX_Tn7hqARZsH5aNcHjUyI8o9PyGkH9w3E3559EQf7Vo55K9ykx2Catwrw7OkFcdU5GK8h_E8WBg6vP0jcppCExoo7RB2X24/s1600/cayenne+pepper+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg043azTUKU3dv_iIHmEkc0_OVEpPaVOaXkAb6BhM0Zj0JbX_Tn7hqARZsH5aNcHjUyI8o9PyGkH9w3E3559EQf7Vo55K9ykx2Catwrw7OkFcdU5GK8h_E8WBg6vP0jcppCExoo7RB2X24/s200/cayenne+pepper+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Cayenne Pepper </b>: also known as the Guinea spice, cow-horn pepper, aleva, bird pepper, or, especially in its powdered form, red pepper is a hot chili pepper used to flavour dishes. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is red colored when ripened to maturity, but also eaten while still green. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is a cultivar of Capsicum annuum related to bell peppers, jalapeños, paprika and others. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Besides published evidence suggesting that cayenne pepper may aid weight loss, curb appetite, and lower blood pressure, the component that gives jalapeno peppers their heat may also kill cancer cells. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Initial experiments in cancer cells and mice show that capsaicin causes prostate cancer cells to undergo a kind of suicide. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Researchers speculate that, in the future, pills containing capsaicin might be used as therapy to prevent prostate cancer's return.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Capsaicin caused almost 80 percent of prostate cancer cells in the mice to die. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In addition, prostate cancer tumors treated with capsaicin were about one-fifth the size of tumors in untreated mice.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Capsaicin inhibits the growth of human prostate cancer cell in Petri dishes and mice," said lead researcher Dr. H. Phillip Koeffler, director of hematology and oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and a professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The report appears in the March 15 2.006 issue of Cancer Research.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69O6Wk8Vvv1EWrRdjAYxPXxeTaYJiXrNPuieEZffRgO0bNxhiWlCLoH1sVzwUJPqKUJi5f8jg8-ntOepYjKRE_MfbNks7O2j2TvYQ3OZMK8X3HLEuK7-1_bGKlJ1P-YTe9PpuWMguygw/s1600/cinnamon+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi69O6Wk8Vvv1EWrRdjAYxPXxeTaYJiXrNPuieEZffRgO0bNxhiWlCLoH1sVzwUJPqKUJi5f8jg8-ntOepYjKRE_MfbNks7O2j2TvYQ3OZMK8X3HLEuK7-1_bGKlJ1P-YTe9PpuWMguygw/s200/cinnamon+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Cinnamon :</b> is a spice obtained from the bark of an evergreen tree belonging to the Lauraceae family. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Major constituents in cinnamon include cinnamaldehyde, eugenol, terpinene, α-pinene, carvacrol, linalool, safrole, benzyl benzoate, and coumarin. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It takes not more than a half teaspoon of cinnamon powder every day to keep cancer risk away. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A natural food preservative, cinnamon is a source of iron and calcium. Useful in reducing tumour growth, it blocks the formation of new vessels in the human body. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ability of cinnamon extracts to suppress the in vitro growth of H. pylori, a recognized risk factor for gastric cancer, gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma, and pancreatic cancer, has stirred considerable interest in the potential use of this spice to suppress human cancers (Farinha and Gascoyne 2.005; Eslick 2.006).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Providing rats with cinnamon bark powder significantly increased several antioxidant-related enzymes in both liver and heart tissue, compared to controls (Dhuley 1.999). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> These enzymes help maintain cellular integrity and protection against oxidative damage from free radicals.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI3tDTgP44KI2j8jmzdHZnoW4XPZOAreUeUdLLZbcfDbgza2xhK_CPjrtgRFUP1WwPMBYnx_VrZueTAkZK3YpVrio04Ghc2J4zkfXVWEmitrb-rA4YV7iAVgJUNjTpXOpaVJ_Yk2154k/s1600/clove+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtI3tDTgP44KI2j8jmzdHZnoW4XPZOAreUeUdLLZbcfDbgza2xhK_CPjrtgRFUP1WwPMBYnx_VrZueTAkZK3YpVrio04Ghc2J4zkfXVWEmitrb-rA4YV7iAVgJUNjTpXOpaVJ_Yk2154k/s200/clove+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Clove </b>: is derived from flower buds of the Eugenia caryophyllata tree. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Several bioactive components are found in clove, including tannins, terpenoids, eugenol, and acetyleugenol. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Cloves are native to Indonesia and are used in cuisines throughout the world. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While no studies have been conducted in humans to date to evaluate use of cloves in cancer prevention, a few studies conducted in mice suggest its effectiveness, especially in modifying cellular detoxification processes. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Similar to allspice, clove contains high amounts of eugenol. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, this compound cannot serve to increase gastrointestinal promoter activity, suggesting other compounds in clove may account for its biological activity (Kluth et al. 2.007). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Overall, the findings to date suggest that tissues adapt to exposures to one or more constituents in cloves. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In doing so, clove may improve the ability of selected tissues to handle foreign compounds that might lead to the initiation of carcinogenesis. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Based on findings to date, additional clinical studies are warranted to determine the ability of clove to influence drug detoxification pathways.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHt7FDX2g5zTJAKNFRBPkOHkPpLCHj1uidFHr7G2Gb9Va8zMRTdxtDpXV4mUfvAR6YfT4A5HygGOI_4o6h5Dscv4X-rH9-GC88XyQqavTmHaRTUf-cZjKc65alLH33bqtddJXh85Av5Q/s1600/coriander+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHt7FDX2g5zTJAKNFRBPkOHkPpLCHj1uidFHr7G2Gb9Va8zMRTdxtDpXV4mUfvAR6YfT4A5HygGOI_4o6h5Dscv4X-rH9-GC88XyQqavTmHaRTUf-cZjKc65alLH33bqtddJXh85Av5Q/s200/coriander+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Coriander :</b> (Coriandrum sativum) is an herb in the family Apiaceae and is native to southern Europe and northern Africa to southwestern Asia. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Although all parts of the plant are edible, its fresh leaves and dried seeds are most frequently used in cooking. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Coriander is a common ingredient in many foods throughout the world. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One of its principal constituents is linalool. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Several animal studies provide evidence that coriander seeds can promote the hepatic antioxidant system. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Coriander can also influence foreign compound metabolism. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Feeding Swiss mice with 160-mg coriander seeds per gram diet resulted in (glutathione S-transferase)GST induction ranging from 20% to 37%, depending on the tissue examined. In another study, Banerjee et al. (1.994) observed roughly a doubling in GST activity in Swiss albino mice that were provided with diets containing coriander oil. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShxDADCnF9JbuRWCOrd3GB-K6I_ISdWWxNXKCzEW9aRaNtOIjoz8J8dBPfUNrya2B5pvEfNVZlnLz6VgBc6pBawllf6pfRLHTdMVONoD-b34yEUZBgNyRuF9q6BePN8rd5VsB-fVp_BM/s1600/cumin+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShxDADCnF9JbuRWCOrd3GB-K6I_ISdWWxNXKCzEW9aRaNtOIjoz8J8dBPfUNrya2B5pvEfNVZlnLz6VgBc6pBawllf6pfRLHTdMVONoD-b34yEUZBgNyRuF9q6BePN8rd5VsB-fVp_BM/s200/cumin+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Cumin :</b>(Cuminum cyminum) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is native to the eastern Mediterranean region and India. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Thymoquinone (TQ) is the most abundant component of black cumin seed oil. TQ has been reported to exhibit antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and chemopreventive properties (Allahghadri et al. 2.010; Nader, el-Agamy, and Suddek 2.010).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Thymoquinone that checks proliferation of cells responsible for prostate cancer. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Considerable evidence also points to the ability of TQ to suppress tumor cell proliferation, including colorectal carcinoma, breast adenocarcinoma, osteosarcoma, ovarian carcinoma, myeloblastic leukemia, and pancreatic carcinoma (Gali-Muhtasib, Roessner, and Schneider-Stock 2.006).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The multitude of effects caused by cumin serves as justification for its continued examination as a spice with widespread potential for health promotion.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyfC4Wj4-0Gf9U-4723LND0VCDa2qvUrWFDly7jaPdjnaoAFbNLo_u705EkCqSlXeuXdD4JkXKHIImoaWnNaI2Thbes2pC7Bkbj4wuVKfLs2GWwTrnRbMx1Jfxs7wdzNk-9armBrO19s/s1600/dill+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPyfC4Wj4-0Gf9U-4723LND0VCDa2qvUrWFDly7jaPdjnaoAFbNLo_u705EkCqSlXeuXdD4JkXKHIImoaWnNaI2Thbes2pC7Bkbj4wuVKfLs2GWwTrnRbMx1Jfxs7wdzNk-9armBrO19s/s200/dill+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Dill : </b>(Anethum graveolens) is a relatively short-lived perennial spice. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Dill is an herb that in effect has two components that are dependent on the seasons. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the early spring, dill is used for its leaves and in the autumn for its seeds. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As with other spices, there is evidence that dill promotes drug detoxification mechanisms. Because dill helps maintain cellular oxidation-reduction balance and protects cells against free-radical species, the combination of increased antioxidant levels may be particularly helpful in detoxifying foreign compounds, including carcinogens (Zheng, Kenney, and Lam 1.992).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cqkj8IIchQvpywsiPbA6z3kZQX56SYAi8XD2c7Grpj17kfhqdKp33eonom401rgdXaCU7mWt0QXpCLuP7s1Kli76xeic2GRoEPEKx2PaI51APpRenFFndx1qdh1SsPeoRrbarf7gh6g/s1600/fennel+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7cqkj8IIchQvpywsiPbA6z3kZQX56SYAi8XD2c7Grpj17kfhqdKp33eonom401rgdXaCU7mWt0QXpCLuP7s1Kli76xeic2GRoEPEKx2PaI51APpRenFFndx1qdh1SsPeoRrbarf7gh6g/s200/fennel+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Fennel :</b> (Foeniculum vulgare) is a plant species in the genus Foeniculum (treated as the sole species in the genus by most botanists). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is a member of the family Apiaceae (formerly the Umbelliferae). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is a hardy, perennial, umbelliferous herb, with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world, especially on dry soils near the sea coast and on riverbanks.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Fennel contains anethole, which can explain some of its medical effects : It, or its polymers, act as phytoestrogens. Armed with phyto-nutrients and antioxidants, cancer cells have nothing but to accept defeat when the spice is fennel. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Anethole resists and restricts the adhesive and invasive activities of cancer cells. It suppresses the enzymatic regulated activities behind cancer cell multiplication. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-x96t3HSC7LZ8xI6SoMmp42C7qaU5za1tT_XY6-xgHfv2XigwN_M7Ot0xSV_2GTI74wI_HgA3Jobhm-0K5u0Ho3IIObenGHYL5rWo472NSgohsyrsGzZ4yQ6m1jl8D9fkxmoLS_ULEeM/s1600/garlic+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-x96t3HSC7LZ8xI6SoMmp42C7qaU5za1tT_XY6-xgHfv2XigwN_M7Ot0xSV_2GTI74wI_HgA3Jobhm-0K5u0Ho3IIObenGHYL5rWo472NSgohsyrsGzZ4yQ6m1jl8D9fkxmoLS_ULEeM/s200/garlic+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Garlic :</b> (Allium sativum) is a member of the onion family Alliaceae. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Garlic has been used throughout history for both its culinary and medicinal properties. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Garlic’s distinctive characteristics arise from sulfur, which constitutes almost 1% of its dry weight. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Although garlic does not typically serve as a major source of essential nutrients, it may contribute to several dietary factors with potential health benefits, including the presence of oligosaccharides, arginine-rich proteins and, depending on soil and growing conditions, selenium and flavonoids.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Preclinical models provide rather compelling evidence that garlic and its associated components can lower the incidence of breast, colon, skin, uterine, esophagus, and lung cancers. uppression of nitrosamine formation continues to surface as one of the most likely mechanisms by which garlic retards cancer. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ability of garlic to inhibit tumors due to different cancer-inducing agents and in different tissues indicates that a generalized cellular event is likely responsible for the change in tumor incidence and that the response is highly dependent on environmental or other types of biological insults. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Because metabolic activation is required for many of these carcinogens, there is likelihood that either phase I or II enzymes are altered. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A breakdown of allicin appears to be necessary for achieving maximum tumor inhibition. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Allyl sulfur compounds preferentially suppress neoplastic over non-neoplastic cells (Sakamoto, Lawson, and Milner 1.997). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is becoming increasingly clear that the response to allyl sulfurs relates to their ability to form free radicals rather than to serve as an antioxidant (Antosiewicz et al. 2.008). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Allyl sulfurs may bring about changes by influencing the genomic expression by affecting histone homeostasis.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNO2bHZBpthOXvgxTzhQRAYSZHaXMBn83sk8Z_nJKEoYwpXL2eT84342ViSAs7qfVjICz6je1TJoO6KGwF6baoTZzIaX2OF48VBUDsNKMyDhvDq5q8UNCxgDpRtRUzBrro9Vu-vs-uAk/s1600/ginger+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNO2bHZBpthOXvgxTzhQRAYSZHaXMBn83sk8Z_nJKEoYwpXL2eT84342ViSAs7qfVjICz6je1TJoO6KGwF6baoTZzIaX2OF48VBUDsNKMyDhvDq5q8UNCxgDpRtRUzBrro9Vu-vs-uAk/s200/ginger+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Ginger </b>: (Zingiber officinale) is a member of the Zingiberaceae family and is consumed widely not only as a spice but also as a medicinal agent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Various animal models have been used to examine the role of ginger in cancer prevention.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For example, Ihlaseh et al. (2.006) exposed male Wistar rats to tumors resembling human low-grade papillary urothelial neoplasia. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Rats fed with a basal diet supplemented with 1% ginger extract for 26 weeks had significantly fewer urothelial lesions compared to the controls or those fed with the diet with 0.5% ginger. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ginger also appears to have antitumorigenic properties. Several cell lines have been examined for their sensitivity to ginger. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> For example, alcoholic extracts of ginger inhibited tumor cell growth for Dalton’s lymphocytic ascites tumor cells and human lymphocytes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Overall, while the anticancer findings of ginger are intriguing and several processes may be associated with the observed responses, additional studies are needed to clarify the underlying mechanisms and to determine overall benefits to humans (Pan et al. 2.008).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4JOhYcmqBN6B3IRQ7DH-L8gPA7sFyA_srMC6D3AfGuOSVGcZMMZqhrBM4cQEIgHjCymd_emFI8YoPN9SakEuOOgq3r839xdsfZn6eupIuO7CaFyv2rYnfljZIb6hHbmJ7PNFF8G598I/s1600/oregano+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4JOhYcmqBN6B3IRQ7DH-L8gPA7sFyA_srMC6D3AfGuOSVGcZMMZqhrBM4cQEIgHjCymd_emFI8YoPN9SakEuOOgq3r839xdsfZn6eupIuO7CaFyv2rYnfljZIb6hHbmJ7PNFF8G598I/s200/oregano+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Oregano :</b> scientifically named Origanum vulgare by Carolus Linnaeus, is a common species of Origanum, a genus of the mint family (Lamiaceae). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It is native to warm-temperate western and southwestern Eurasia and the Mediterranean region.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Oregano is high in antioxidant activity, due to a high content of phenolic acids and flavonoids. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In test-tube studies, it also has shown antimicrobial activity against strains of the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Oregano confirms its worth as a potential agent against prostate cancer. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Consisting of anti-microbial compounds, just one teaspoon of oregano has the power of two cups of red grapes! </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Phyto-chemical 'Quercetin' present in oregano restricts growth of malignant cells in the body and acts like a drug against cancer-centric diseases.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXZTW4QdMNGvNodMualGdmsqpSqcKKLVDInESctYAB3DY6BqYjZLtLJCOC1xN8dh53uI6loJWvcgsc6kS_4X0HcNtwq4MQWSj0xoEaXww7wkKs3lYPty73lWP-MYOPcnvuGJW-7mdHSM/s1600/rosemary+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXZTW4QdMNGvNodMualGdmsqpSqcKKLVDInESctYAB3DY6BqYjZLtLJCOC1xN8dh53uI6loJWvcgsc6kS_4X0HcNtwq4MQWSj0xoEaXww7wkKs3lYPty73lWP-MYOPcnvuGJW-7mdHSM/s200/rosemary+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Rosemary </b>: (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a woody herb with fragrant needle-like leaves. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Rosemary is native to the Mediterranean region and possesses a bitter, astringent taste and highly aromatic characteristics that complement a wide variety of foods. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Rosemary is a member of the family Lamiaceae, and it contains a number of potentially biologically active compounds, including antioxidants such as carnosic acid and rosmarinic acid. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Other bioactive compounds include camphor (up to 20% in dry rosemary leaves), caffeic acid, ursolic acid, betulinic acid, rosmaridiphenol, and rosmanol.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Due to its high antioxidant activity, crude and refined extracts of rosemary are now widely available commercially.While the data are difficult to interpret, when rosemary is added along with other herbs to a balsamic vinegar preparation used in soups and salads, it appears to provide protection again oxidative stress in humans (Dragan et al. 2.007).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Considerable evidence also suggests that rosemary extracts, or its isolated components, can retard chemically induced cancers. For example, topical application of a rosemary extract has been reported to block the initiation and promotion phases of skin tumorigenesis (Huang et al. 1.994).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Rosemary extracts and the active compounds carnosic acid and rosmarinic acid have been found to inhibit the proliferation of various human cancer cell lines, including human, small cell lung carcinoma, human prostate carcinoma, human liver carcinoma), human chronic myeloid leukemia, human breast adenocarcinoma, human prostate adenocarcinoma, and human breast adenocarcinoma; (Yesil-Celiktas et al. 2.010).</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qTWPPeWLc01Y2Vq5mtc6k5qAGBDtlbI-0Z8Zb_YXJrMVu7Y7Y9Zc8BiDCByPNPZbRmGg9Qc9Vox_WEGxf1fSjF9U1agaP9GxBvsjN1rTLh6OuszH7NZ5vzhr2qJgI8RypAcOdM-hMMw/s1600/saffron+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qTWPPeWLc01Y2Vq5mtc6k5qAGBDtlbI-0Z8Zb_YXJrMVu7Y7Y9Zc8BiDCByPNPZbRmGg9Qc9Vox_WEGxf1fSjF9U1agaP9GxBvsjN1rTLh6OuszH7NZ5vzhr2qJgI8RypAcOdM-hMMw/s200/saffron+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Saffron :</b> is a spice derived from the flower of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus) plant native to Southwest Asia. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It has historically been the world’s most expensive spice per unit weight. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Saffron imparts a bitter taste and hay-like fragrance to food. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Saffron likely contains more than 150 volatile and aroma yielding compounds. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A carotenoid, comprises >10% of dry saffron’s mass and is responsible for the rich golden-yellow hue created when saffron is added to food dishes. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Picrocrocin, a bitter glucoside, is responsible for saffron’s flavor.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The natural carotenoid 'Crocetin' is the primary cancer-fighting element that saffron contains. It not only inhibits the progression of the disease but also decreases the size of the tumour by half, guaranteeing a complete goodbye to cancer. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Though it is the most expensive spice in the world for it is derived from around 250,000 flower stigmas (saffron crocus) that make just about half a kilo, a few saffron threads come loaded with benefits you won't regret paying for. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Significant information points to the ability of saffron to inhibit cancer (Abdullaev 2.003). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Aqueous saffron preparations have been reported to inhibit chemically induced skin carcinogenesis (Das, Chakrabarty, and Das 2.004). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Both changes in carcinogen bioactivation and tumor proliferation appear to occur.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Saffron and crocus also have significant antitumorigenic properties. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Similar to other spices, they appear to suppress cell growth in neoplastic cells to a greater extent than in normal cells (Aung et al. 2.007). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ability of crocin to decrease cell viability occurs in a concentration and time-dependent manner (Bakshi et al. 2.009). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The effects of tumor suppression also have an impact on the longevity of the host. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A significant increase in the life span of Dalton’s lymphoma-bearing animals was found in those provided with saffron. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUv-YT2YiIrwBgdDWkbHXvac-v3vqUEs0uD6HmufElq4Xz5eabvIHuCSb-SdW_SJqXJLJts_vgqvNeWI1EsOixENMoXTS2lsZWbswEp5T0q4GC31z45YOiNV_y0worIezCcm6Igxnau4/s1600/thyme+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUv-YT2YiIrwBgdDWkbHXvac-v3vqUEs0uD6HmufElq4Xz5eabvIHuCSb-SdW_SJqXJLJts_vgqvNeWI1EsOixENMoXTS2lsZWbswEp5T0q4GC31z45YOiNV_y0worIezCcm6Igxnau4/s200/thyme+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Thyme :</b> is another culinary and medicinal herb. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Today, common usage refers to any or all members of the plant genus Thymus, also of the Lamiaceae family. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Several active agents are reported, including thymol, carvacrol, apigenin, luteolin, tannins, terpinene, and other oils.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Kluth et al. (2.007) examined the effects of thyme on enzyme induction in cultured human liver carcinoma cells and human colon adenocarcinoma cells. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They observed a thyme extract to activate promoters via the electrophile responsive element, thus providing potential clues about the mechanism by which thymol and carvacrol may influence enzyme expression and prevent cancer.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Mounting evidence suggests that cancers are not an inevitable consequence of aging but are preventable diseases. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The evidence here suggests that spices may be factors in one’s diet that may lower cancer risk and affect tumor behavior. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Spices have been consumed for centuries for a variety of purposes, such as flavoring agents, colorants, and preservatives, without question, evidence exists that multiple processes, including proliferation, apoptosis, angiogenesis, and immunocompetence, can be influenced by one or more spices. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-dOtsgKk3DGPOFSZzeo20XDTFZShcwjQuG4sbNNZzsRjiWCNyD254y3qwhRXoocnyrM750R0talyBnztdWRdaa7wdhUy1qRJfzjRWXJXKWwfKVTM16ajlmjjWS6ezLRceW7lfEJPL-o/s1600/turmeric+cancer+and+cures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-dOtsgKk3DGPOFSZzeo20XDTFZShcwjQuG4sbNNZzsRjiWCNyD254y3qwhRXoocnyrM750R0talyBnztdWRdaa7wdhUy1qRJfzjRWXJXKWwfKVTM16ajlmjjWS6ezLRceW7lfEJPL-o/s200/turmeric+cancer+and+cures.jpg" width="200" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Turmeric : </b>(Curcuma longa)is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Turmeric has been used in India for thousands of years and is a major part of Ayurvedic medicine. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was first used as a dye and then later for its medicinal properties.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Its active ingredient, curcumin, inhibits inflammatory reactions, has anti-diabetic effects, reduces cholesterol among other powerful health effects. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A new study led by a research team at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) in Munich now shows that it can also inhibit formation of metastases. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> One of the most comprehensive summaries of a review of 700 turmeric studies to date was published by the respected ethnobotanist James A. Duke, Phd. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He showed that turmeric appears to outperform many pharmaceuticals in its effects against several chronic, debilitating diseases, and does so with virtually no adverse side effects. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This is the king of spices when it comes to dealing with cancer diseases, besides it adding a zesty colour to our food on the platter. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Turmeric contains the powerful polyphenol Curcumin that has been clinically proven to retard the growth of cancer cells causing prostrate cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, brain tumour, pancreatic cancer and leukemia amongst a host of others. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Curcumin promotes 'Apoptosis'- (programmed cell death/cell suicide) that safely eliminates cancer breeding cells without posing a threat to the development of other healthy cells. In cases of conventional radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the surrounding cells too become a target in addition to the cancer cells. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Therefore, the side-effects are imminent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Duke noted that in the handbook Phytochemicals </b>: mechanisms of action, curcumin and/or turmeric were effective in animal models in prevention and/or treatment of colon cancer, mammary cancer, prostate cancer, murine hepato-carcinogenesis (liver cancer in rats), esophageal cancer, and oral cancer. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Curcumin may be useful in the prevention of breast and prostate cancers which are both linked to inflammation and in reducing their metastatic potential. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It could play a positive role in primary prevention before a full-blown tumor arises or help to avert formation of metastases. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In this context the fact that the substance is well tolerated is very important, because one can safely recommend it to individuals who have an increased tumor risk.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div>

Spices and their antioxidant properties, spices that prevent and cure cancer

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