The vegetable – plus artichokes and herbs such as oregano – is loaded with chemicals that kill the cells
It may be bland but celery packs a powerful punch by fighting off one of the most aggressive types of cancer.
The vegetable – plus artichokes and herbs such as oregano – is loaded with chemicals that kill pancreatic cancer cells, a study found.
Leader Professor Elvira de Mejia said: “If you eat a lot of vegetables throughout your life, you’ll have chronic exposure to bioactive flavonoids, which help reduce the risk of cancer.”
Celery is full of apigenin and luteolin – flavonoids that wipe out the diseased cells.
And in tests they created a fivefold rise in the rate the cancer cells self-destructed.
Professor de Mejia, of the University of Illinois in the USA, said people who already had cancer would not be cured by eating flavonoid-rich foods alone, but added drugs could be developed to boost their effect.
Dr Jodee Johnson, part of the study, said: “The goal is to develop a cure, but prolonging the lives of patients would be a significant development.”
The research, in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, did however warn flavonoids could wipe out the benefits of chemotherapy drugs if used at the same time.
Dr Johnson said: “The trick seemed to be using flavonoids as a pre-treatment.”
The vegetable – plus artichokes and herbs such as oregano – is loaded with chemicals that kill pancreatic cancer cells, a study found.
Leader Professor Elvira de Mejia said: “If you eat a lot of vegetables throughout your life, you’ll have chronic exposure to bioactive flavonoids, which help reduce the risk of cancer.”
Celery is full of apigenin and luteolin – flavonoids that wipe out the diseased cells.
And in tests they created a fivefold rise in the rate the cancer cells self-destructed.
Professor de Mejia, of the University of Illinois in the USA, said people who already had cancer would not be cured by eating flavonoid-rich foods alone, but added drugs could be developed to boost their effect.
Dr Jodee Johnson, part of the study, said: “The goal is to develop a cure, but prolonging the lives of patients would be a significant development.”
The research, in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, did however warn flavonoids could wipe out the benefits of chemotherapy drugs if used at the same time.
Dr Johnson said: “The trick seemed to be using flavonoids as a pre-treatment.”
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