In the battle against cancer, nothing is lost. We know that cancer cells have a trick to grow out of control: they know how to inhibit the natural process that would cause them to die at the right time . The good news is that scientists from Ohio State University (USA) have identified a compound in plant foods, apigenin , that can prevent tumor cells, especially those that cause breast cancer , behave as "immortal" . And, therefore, avoid the development of tumors.
Apigenin is a natural flavonoid that is present in large quantities in celery, grapefruit and parsley , but it is also part of many other fruits and vegetables that we eat daily in the Mediterranean diet. Andrea Doseff and her colleagues have identified that apigenin kills cancer cells, preventing them from getting out of control and causing cancer , but that it also binds to 160 different proteins in the body, which could translate into more beneficial effects, such as conclude in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . "If we eat healthy, we are promoting normal behaviors to occur within our cells, and that they are destroyed when they are due or when they become malignant", clarifies Dosegg.
