How eating fruit and vegetables can improve cancer patients' res...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences  Tue, 10/21/2008 - 22:00

(University of California - Riverside) The leading cause of death in all cancer patients continues to be the resistance of tumor cells to chemotherapy, a form of treatment in which chemicals are used to kill cells.

A study by UC Riverside biochemists reports that ingesting apigenin -- a naturally occurring dietary agent found in vegetables and fruit -- improves cancer cells' response to chemotherapy.

Apigenin localizes tumor suppressor p53, a protein, in the cell nucleus -- a necessary step for killing the cell.

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