TURMERIC CAN REDUCE SOME ORAL CANCERBanglore based researcher has found that a combination of turmeric and pomegranate can act as a low cost remedy for oral cancer specifically found in India.The research was done by Tapas kundu from jawahar lal Nehru centre for advanced scientific research.(JNCASR) and k. gopinath,renowned oncologist. Turmeric which is widely used,in Indian kichen has a molecule (called curcumin)which can inhibit the growth of cancerous cells in the mouth.But the active ingredient in turmeric was not soluble in water.so the researchers prepared a water soluble salt derived from curcumin. They tested the drug on mice and found that tumours got fifty percentage smaller in the treated mice than in the untreated mice.They have also tested it on some samples collected from patients. "Drugs for treating cancers are extremely expensive.but this turmeric based medicine would be a low cost treatment for this poor man's desease" said kundu. |