Prevent pancreatic cancer with bitter melon extract

Prevent pancreatic cancer with bitter melon extract

A study showed bitter melon fruit extract was found to block the growth of cancer cells , in the case of pancreatic and breast cancer .

" Three years ago, the scientists demonstrated the effect of bitter melon extract on breast cancer cells . Extracts also affect glucose metabolism pathway to restrict energy and kill pancreatic cancer cells , " said the leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control at the CU Cancer Center , Rajesh Agarwal , PhD /

Professor of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences , said that pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of cancer , and has a high mortality rate because of not easily detected .

Researchers saw a decline of up to 60 percent of the ability of pancreatic cancer cells to grow , the test mice that had been transferred to the cancer cells , after being given bitter melon extract .

Pare extract works by preventing the cells from glucose metabolism and makes cancer cells starve and endless source of energy .

Cancer cells rely mostly on glucose for energy growing , because these cells have a problem to produce alternative forms of energy itself .

" Many researchers engineer new drugs to target cancer cells' ability to have its own energy supply , and here we have a compound that is naturally able to do that , " said Agarwal , as quoted by Medical Daily ..