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Liver, Colon Cancer Cells Thwarted by Compounds Derived From Hops

posted by mrpg on Wednesday April 03 2019, @08:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-hop-it-works dept.

upstart writes:

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Liver, colon cancer cells thwarted by compounds derived from hops

Unlike the primary compound, xanthohumol, known as XN, the derivatives don't metabolize into phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogens are plant-based chemicals similar to female sex hormones that help some types of tumors grow and can cause other health problems as well.

The research showed, for the first time, that the derivatives have cancer-fighting effectiveness similar to that of XN in liver and colon carcinomas. That means the two non-estrogenic derivatives are attractive alternatives for testing, along with XN, in future preclinical studies..

[...] Xanthohumol is produced by humulus lupulus, the common hop plant. More than 20 years ago, researchers discovered that XN inhibits cell growth in a variety of cancer cell lines.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by SpockLogic on Wednesday April 03 2019, @12:13PM (2 children)

    by SpockLogic (2762) on Wednesday April 03 2019, @12:13PM (#824036)

    Mmmmm .... Beer and Bacon, how could the world exist without them.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday April 03 2019, @12:25PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 03 2019, @12:25PM (#824041) Journal

    Mmmmm .... Beer and Bacon, how could the world exist without them.

    Can't prosper without them, thus it immediately renders false the "live long and prosper" logic conjunction.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @01:28PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 03 2019, @01:28PM (#824064)

    It continues to exist it just sucks a lot more.
    As anyone in a country stuck in medieval times would know.