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Wood berries, vegetables, fruit and red wine contain a substance, which can destroy cancer cells without damage to healthy blood cells.
To opinion of University of Pittsburg Medical School scientists, this chemical compound can underlie new, less toxic preparations for treatment of some leucosis and lymphoma forms.
In their research scientists have used one of the most widespread varieties of anthocyanidins antioxidants - cyanidin-3-rutinoside (C-3-R), received from a blackberry.
As it was found out, small C-3-R concentration influence within 18 hours ruined 50 % of a leucosis cells colony. The increase in concentration of an antioxidant caused destruction of all malignant cells. Cellular lines of other leucosis and lymphoma forms reacted the same way.
According to one of the research authors, doctor Sao-Min In, C-3-R presence in products of a natural origin allows to figure on safety of this substance even in big concentration. Thus it gives the hope of creating new less toxic in comparison with the modern means of chemotherapy.
In the nearest future researchers are going to test anticancer cyanidin-3-rutinoside properties on animals.
The research report is published in Journal of Biological Chemistry.