09/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook
American researchers investigated the possible use of anacardic acid – a natural substance derived from the fruit and seed of the cashew tree – in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. They showed that the phenolic lipid is able to inhibit the growth of pancreatic cancer cells.
The study was supported by the University of Pikeville. The results were published in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
The researchers closed their study with the statement that anacardic acid should be further tested as a complementary supplement for abating the start or development of pancreatic cancer.
You can read the complete paper at this link.
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Journal Reference:
Park M, Upton D, Blackmon M, Dixon V, Craver S, Neal D, Perkins D. ANACARDIC ACID INHIBITS PANCREATIC CANCER CELL GROWTH, AND POTENTIATES CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC EFFECT BY CHMP1A – ATM – P53 SIGNALING PATHWAY. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2018;18(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-018-2139-3
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