News. - A new Pennsylvania State University study show us that Green Tea May Kill Cancer Cells In Your Mouth. Study that published in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research also show us that beside green tea might kill oral cancer cells, its also can boost healthy cells.
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| Sipping green tea may do more than just whittle your waistline. (Photo: Getty Images) |
As written by Molly Shea in Yahoo Health (January 30, 2015), that Oral cancer and green tea were first linked in a 2002 study that found that green tea could induce cancer cell death, and suggested “regular consumption of green tea could be beneficial in the prevention of oral cancer.” In these latest findings, the study authors determined that a compound in green tea triggers a process in the cancerous cells’ mitochondria that leads to early cell death.
The research team grew cancerous oral cells and normal oral cells, and exposed both to epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a compound found in green tea. “We designed the study to use concentrations of EGCG that are achievable in the oral cavity, and we looked at normal, oral leukoplakia (a precancerous lesion), and oral cancer cells to get an idea of what the effect of EGCG would be on different stages in the oral cancer development process,” study author Joshua Lambert, MD, tells Yahoo Health.
Complete that this study that treatment for oral cancer, which kills over 8,000 Americans per year and affects more than 43,000, is currently limited to a combination of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation. While traditional chemotherapy can cause hair loss and muscular atrophy, green tea consumption has few side effects.
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