Combinations of Tomato and Broccoli Enhance Antitumor Activity

A daily diet comprising of fruits and vegetables has been recomended for cancer prevention.Studies have shown anti-tumour effect of tomatoes on oral cancer.Lycopene,an anti-oxidant in tomato,seems to be the factor responsible for this anti-tumour activity.To add to it a recent study found that a combination of tomato and broccoli was more effective at slowing tumor growth than either tomato or broccoli alone and supports the public health recommendations to increase the intake of a variety of plant components.This study was conducted on the Dunning R3327-H prostate adenocarcinoma model.It found that Lycopene at 23 or 224 nmol/g of the diet insignificantly reduced tumor weights by 7% or 18%, respectively, whereas tomato reduced tumor weight by 34% . This also prooved that lycopene alone is not as effective as tomato.Broccoli decreased tumor weights by42% whereas the 10:10 combination caused a 52% decrease.
Source:Journals

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