Herbal Ginger, the Potential Anti Hyperlipidemia Remedy, Researchers Find

Hyperlipidemia is abnormally high levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream. The syndrome is a member of the cluster conditions of metabolic syndrome, a leading cause of cardiovascular disease.

Cholesterol, a waxy substance produced either by the liver or food intake plays a critical role in the production of vitamin D, steroid hormones, and the building of the cell walls.


Overexpression cholesterol is a medical condition that causes plaque accumulated on the arterial wall, leading to narrowing the arteries in transport the oxygenated blood to the parts of the body.

In severe cases, it can cause blood flow blockage, leading to chronic ailments depending on the location of the blood clot.

There are 2 types of blood cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) which carries the aforementioned functions, and high-density cholesterol (HDL) which carries cholesterol from the blood back to the liver for future re-use.

The healthy ratio of total blood cholesterol is less than 4 LDL/ 1 HDL.

Most people are diagnosed with high blood cholesterol substantially higher total cholesterol ratio.


Some researchers suggested that the widespread high blood cholesterol in North America is associated with the promotion of the Western diet over the past few decades.


Dr. Kamilah Ali, the lead scientist in the assessment of the Western diet risk of high blood cholesterol in an animal model, wrote, "mice on a C57BL/6 background after receiving a high fat-high cholesterol diet for 12 weeks. ApoD−/− mice had higher HDL-cholesterol levels (61±13-apoD−/− vs. 52±10-WT-males; 37±11-apoD−/− vs. 22±2 WT-female) than WT mice with sex-specific changes in total plasma levels of cholesterol and other lipids".

And, "Compared to WT, the HDL of apoD−/− mice showed an increase in large, lipid-rich HDL particles and according to size various quantities and sizes of LDL particles".

The results suggested that long-term users of the Western diet may be associated with the risk of hyperlipidemia.

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) or ginger root, the second superfood used for thousands of years by mankind, is the genus Zingiber, belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, native to Tamil.

The root has been used in traditional and Chinese medicine for the treatment of dyspepsia, gastroparesis, constipation, edema, difficult urination, colic, etc.


Researchers on finding a natural compound for the treatment of hyperlipidemia investigated the effect of ginger extracts on alcohol-induced hyperlipidemia and associated myocardial damage.

The study included 24 Wistar male albino rats (250 ± 20 g) divided into four groups including, normal control (NC) (0.9% NaCl), ginger treated (Gt) (200 mg/Kg b.w.), alcohol-treated (At) (20% of 6g/kg b.w. alcohol), and alcohol along with Ginger treatment (At+Gt).
Before ginger administration, alcohol-induced myocardial damage rats showed an increased lipid profile except for high-density lipoprotein compared with control.

Ginger treatment significantly inhibited the alcohol-induced lipid profiles caused by the injection of alcohol except for high-density lipoproteins.

Furthermore, the ginger treatment also inhibited the elevated cardiac biomarkers activity with alcohol intoxication. In other words, ginger treatment for 7-weeks significantly minimized the alcohol-induced myocardial damage.

Dr. Subbaiah GV, the lead scientist said, "ginger could protect alcohol-induced myocardial damage by suppression of hyperlipidemia and cardiac biomarkers".


In order to reveal more information about ginger anti-hypolipidemic effects, researchers examined the hypolipidemic effects of a hydroethanolic ginger extract (GE) in the liver of rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD).

The study included male Wistar rats divided into the following 3 groups: (i) Rats fed a standard diet (3.5% fat), the control group; (ii) rats fed an HFD (33.5% fat); and (iii) rats fed an HFD treated with GE (250 mg·kg-1·day-1) for 5 weeks (HFD+GE).

GE improved lipid profile and attenuated the increase of plasma levels of glucose, insulin, and leptin in HFD rats.

In the depth analysis, researchers found that ginger antihyperlipidemic activity was attributed to the induction of a higher liver expression of proteins associated with a variety of metabolic processes including lipid and enhanced levels of adiponectin which plays a critical role in preventing dyslipidemia.

Taken altogether, ginger may be considered a functional remedy for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia with no side effects, pending the confirmation of large sample size and multicenter human study.


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References
(1) Ginger Treatment Ameliorates Alcohol-induced Myocardial Damage by Suppression of Hyperlipidemia and Cardiac Biomarkers in Rats by Subbaiah GV1, Mallikarjuna K2, Shanmugam B1, Ravi S1, Taj PU1, Reddy KS1. (PubMed)
(2) Molecular factors involved in the hypolipidemic- and insulin-sensitizing effects of a ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) extract in rats fed a high-fat diet by de Las Heras N1, Valero-Muñoz M1, Martín-Fernández B1, Ballesteros S1, López-Farré A2, Ruiz-Roso B3, Lahera V1. (PubMed)
(3) A Western-Fed Diet Increases Plasma HDL and LDL-Cholesterol Levels in ApoD–/– Mice by Kamilah Ali, Ehab M. Abo-Ali, M. D. Kabir, 1 Bethany Riggins, 1 Susanna Nguy, 1Lisa Li, 1 Ujala Srivastava, 1 and Su Mya Mya Thinn. (PMC)

Honey Improves Sleep Quality, Scientists Say

Scientists may have found a natural alternative for the improvement of sleep quality with no side effects, according to studies.

Sleep disorders are conditions that can be acute or chronic. Most of us experience sleep disturbance sometimes due to some specific and unspecific events. However, chronic sleep disorders are the changes in the way that you sleep.

Most people with chronic sleep disorder experience symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness, irregular breathing or increased movement during sleep, and difficulty falling asleep.

Sleep quality can be measured by examing the. the way that you sleep, including the time period that you need to fall to sleep and how many times you have awakened and drifted back to sleep during night sleep.

According to the statistic provided by the National Sleep Foundation’s inaugural Sleep Health Index, 45 % of Americans have poor or insufficient sleep. that affects their daily activities at least once in the past seven days.

The National Sleep Foundation continued, "...despite sleeping within the recommended number of hours a night, 35 percent of Americans report their sleep quality as “poor” or “only fair.” Twenty percent of Americans reported that they did not wake up feeling refreshed on any of the past seven days".

What causes poor quality of sleep in American? Some researchers suggested these may be results from occupation and occupation stress.

Dr, Eui-Joong Kim, the lead scientists, in examing the stressors' effect on sleep quality said, "It is possible that different types of stressors may bring with them different impacts on sleep" and " (a) some aspect of daily stress (such as job stress) and life events (such as divorce, bereavement), (b) experimentally imposed stressors (laboratory-based studies), and (c) traumatic stressors (such as disasters or PTSD)".


Additionally, " The first and last categories typically involve a longer duration of the stress exposure with varying levels of intensity; the experimental stressors, on the other hand, typically involve a short-term exposure to mild stress".

These results partly explained why over 20% of Americans suffer from poor quality of sleep.


Honey is a miraculous product made by bees using nectar from flowers.

The rich golden liquid is considered one of the healthy sweet food for replacing the use of white sugar and artificial sweetener by many people.

With an aim to find a natural compound for the improvement of sleep quality, researchers compared the effects of a single nocturnal dose of 3 honey products (eucalyptus honey, citrus honey, or Labiatae honey) to placebo (silan date extract) in children with upper respiratory tract infections (URIs).

The study included 300 children aged 1 to 5 years with URIs, nocturnal cough, and illness duration of ≤ 7 days from 6 general pediatric community clinics.

Eligible children received a single dose of 10 g of eucalyptus honey, citrus honey, Labiatae honey, or placebo administered 30 minutes before bedtime. There was a significant improvement in sleep quality from the night before treatment to the night of treatment in all 3 honey products and the placebo group.

However, the improvement was greater in the honey groups.

Honey products were rated higher than the silan date extract for symptomatic relief of their children's nocturnal cough and sleep difficulty due to URI, According to the survey returned from parents.

Dr. Cohen HA the lead scientist after taking into account co and confounders, said, "Honey may be a preferable treatment for a cough and sleep difficulty associated with childhood URI".

Furthermore, in order to reveal more information on honey effects in cough and sleep difficulty, researchers compared the effects of a single nocturnal dose of buckwheat honey or honey-flavored dextromethorphan (DM) with no treatment on nocturnal cough and sleep difficulty associated with childhood upper respiratory tract infections.

The study included 105 children aged 2 to 18 years with upper respiratory tract infections, nocturnal symptoms, and illness duration of 7 days or less who were given a single dose of buckwheat honey, honey-flavored DM, or no treatment administered 30 minutes prior to bedtime.

Honey treatment group demonstrated significant differences in symptom improvement between treatment groups.


In paired comparisons, honey was significantly superior to no treatment for cough frequency and the combined score.

And, according to the survey returned by the parents, honey is most favorable for symptomatic relief of their child's nocturnal cough and sleep difficulty in children with upper respiratory tract infections.

Taken altogether, honey may be considered a functional remedy for the improvement of sleep quality, pending the confirmation of a large sample size and multicenter human study.


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Sources
(1) Effect of honey on nocturnal cough and sleep quality: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study by Cohen HA1, Rozen J, Kristal H, Laks Y, Berkovitch M, Uziel Y, Kozer E, Pomeranz A, Efrat H. (PubMed)
(2) Effect of honey, dextromethorphan, and no treatment on nocturnal cough and sleep quality for coughing children and their parents by Paul IM1, Beiler J, McMonagle A, Shaffer ML, Duda L, Berlin CM Jr. (PubMed)
(3) The Effect of Psychosocial Stress on Sleep: A Review of Polysomnographic Evidence by Eui-Joong Kim and Joel E. Dimsdale. (PMC)
(4) LACK OF SLEEP IS AFFECTING AMERICANS, FINDS THE NATIONAL SLEEP FOUNDATION

Healthy Food Cabbage Inhibits Human Cancer Cells in Vitro

Cancers are a class of chronic diseases associated with irregular cell growth in the tissue and organs caused by the alternation of cell DNA.


At the advanced stage, malignant cells can travel a distance away from the original site to infect other healthy cells and tissues.

There are many types of cancer, depending on the location where cancer begins.

As of today, researchers do not know what are the exact cause of cancers. however many researchers believe, exposure to environmental toxins, genetic mutation, and an unhealthy diet and lifestyle are the most common risk factors associated with the onset of the diseases.

Healthy cells become cancerous if they grow uncontrollably and disorderly out of range of a normal healthy cell population which can only divide between 40 and 60 times.

According to the Hayflick limit theory, most cell survival is totally dependent on the telomeres on the ends of each chromosome.

Every time, healthy cells undergo division, the telomeres are shortened. Once the telomeres shorten to a critical length, the cells will die off. However, cancer cells can divide indefinitely.


According to the statistic provided by the UK Cancers research, in 2012, an estimated 14.1 million new cases of cancer occurred worldwide.

Sadly, more than 4 in ten cancers occurring worldwide are in countries at a low or medium level of the Human Development Index (HDI).

The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, according to the definition.

In 2018, over 1,7 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed in the US, and approximately over 600,000 patients will die from the diseases.

The four most common types of cancer, occurring worldwide are lung, female breast, bowel, and prostate cancer.


Early diagnosis as always is the best way to improve the survival rate. Depending on types of cancer, most cancers have a 100% 5 years survival rate, if they are diagnosed at the stage of 0 and 1.

Cabbage is a species of Brassica oleracea belongings to the family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), native to the Mediterranean region along the seacoast. The veggie has a short stem with a crowded mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties, it may be red or purplish.

On finding a natural wholefood for the prevention of malignant tumors, researchers examined the effects of pierisin, a protein purified from pupae of the cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae on the human gastric cancer TMK-1 cell line and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).

According to the results of differentiation,* Pierisin showed cytotoxic effects in all the human cells tested, with IC50 values ranging from 0.043 ng/ml to 150 ng/ml.
* Compared to other cancer cell lines, the cervical carcinoma cell line, HeLa, was the most sensitive to pierisin, showing a 1000-fold less IC50 value than that of HUVECs.

* Furthermore, pierisin clearly induced apoptotic cell death in most cancer cell lines and HUVECs through multiple different pathways including the proinflammatory, tumor-suppressive and immunomodulatory pathways.

Based on the results, researchers wrote, "Pierisin may thus be a promising new candidate for cancer therapy".

Taken altogether, cabbage may process anti-cancer activity, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Cytotoxic activity of pierisin, from the cabbage butterfly, Pieris rapae, in various human cancer cell lines by Kono T1, Watanabe M, Koyama K, Kishimoto T, Fukushima S, Sugimura T, Wakabayashi K. (PubMed)

Honey, the Best Remedy for the treatment of Asthma with No Side Effects

Scientists may have found a natural alternative for the treatment of asthma, according to studies.
Asthma is a chronic inflammation of the airway of the lung with recurring symptoms. Asthma, attacks triggered by the stimuli can induce airway swollen and inflamed, leading to muscle constriction.

During asthma attacks, patients may experience symptoms of difficult breathing, and severe wheezing in the breath, and coughs that won't stop.

According to the statistic provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 13 people in the US has asthma.

In other words, more than 26 million Americans have asthma, with half of the patients are children.

If you experience symptoms of a cough which is often worse at night or early in the morning, wheezing in your breath, accompanied by chest tightness and shortness of breath, you may be at the early stage of asthma. Please check with your doctor to rule out the possibility.

Genetic and environmental factors are the most common risk factors associated with the onset of asthma. Some researchers suggested that the widespread obesity over the past few decades may also have a strong implication on the onset of the disease.

Dr. David A. Beuthe r, the lead scientist in the concern of the association of asthma and obesity said, "Cross-sectional and prospective cohort studies of humans have shown a modest overall increase in asthma incidence and prevalence in the obese, although body mass index does not appear to be a significant modifier of asthma severity".

And, "Studying the obesity-asthma relationship in large cohorts, in which self-reports are frequently used to ascertain the diagnosis of asthma, has been complicated by alterations in pulmonary physiology caused by obesity, which may lead to dyspnea or other respiratory symptoms but do not fulfill accepted physiologic criteria for asthma".

These results strongly suggested that if you are obese, your risk of asthma is increased substantially.

Honey is a miraculous product made by bees using nectar from flowers.

The rich golden liquid is considered one of the healthy sweet food for replacing the use of white sugar and artificial sweetener by many people.

Scientists on finding a natural remedy for the treatment of asthma investigated the effect of aerosolized honey on airway tissues in a rabbit model of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthma.

The study included 40 New Zealand white rabbits sensitized twice with a mixture of OVA and aluminum hydroxide on days 1 and 14.


Honey treatments were given from day 23 to day 25 at two different doses (25% (v/v) and 50% (v/v) of honey diluted in sterile phosphate buffer saline.


During the study, the aerosolized honey treatment group restored the epithelium, mucosa, and submucosal regions of the airway infected by the application of OVA.

Furthermore, the aerosolized honey treatment was also found to reduce the number of airway inflammatory cells present in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and inhibit goblet cell hyperplasia, an indication of airway remodeling in asthma.

The findings strongly suggested that aerosolized honey has a significant effect on the treatment and management of asthma in animal models.

Additional differentiation of the modulatory effect of honey, royal jelly, and propolis extract on peripheral blood leukocytes and lung inflammation in a mouse conalbumin-induced asthma model in mice model divided into* The mice in group I that were not sensitized or treated; they were kept as controls.

* The mice in group II that were sensitized and challenged with conalbumin. Twenty-four hours after the first challenge with antigen.

* The mice in group III received 0.5 mg/kg of dexamethasone intraperitoneally per day for 18 consecutive days and were kept as positive controls.

* The mice in groups IV, V, and VI received 650, 1000, and 30 mg/kg of honey, royal jelly, and propolis (aqueous and ethanolic extract), respectively, once per day for 18 consecutive days.

At the end of the experiment, by comparing the blood sample before and after treatment, researchers showed
* The groups treated with propolis extract exhibited considerable ameliorative effects against asthma, probably due to the expression of flavonoids and phenolics that exert antioxidative effects

* Honey- or royal jelly-treated groups exhibited an increased incidence of asthma cascade events due to increased inflammatory cells, probably due to the antagonist to bronchial asthma cases.


The results clearly indicated that not all honey is the same. Some can be used for asthma while others can not, probably due to types of chemicals compounds found in the pollen

Taken altogether, honey and other bee products may be considered functional remedies for the prevention and treatment of asthma, pending the confirmation of the types of honey in a large and multicenter human study.


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Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Sources
(1) Inhalation of honey reduces airway inflammation and histopathological changes in a rabbit model of ovalbumin-induced chronic asthma by Kamaruzaman NA, Sulaiman SA, Kaur G, Yahaya B1.(PubMed)
(2) Evaluation of propolis, honey, and royal jelly in amelioration of peripheral blood leukocytes and lung inflammation in mouse conalbumin-induced asthma model by El-Aidy WK1, Ebeid AA1, Sallam Ael-R1, Muhammad IE2, Abbas AT3, Kamal MA4, Sohrab SS. (PubMed)
(3) Obesity and Asthma by David A. Beuther, Scott T. Weiss, and E. Rand Sutherland. (PMC)

Healthy Food Black bean Inhibits Osteocarcinoma Cells in Vitro

Intake of black bean regular may reduce risk and delay progression and treatment of osteosarcoma, an invasive form of bone cancer.
Osteosarcoma is a condition of bone cancer caused by irregular cell growth in bone, affecting mostly adolescents and young adults.

Black bean, small roughly ovoid legumes with glossy black shells, genus Phaseolus, belongings to the family Fabaceae can be bought in most grocery stores all around the year in dried and canned forms. It is believed that the black bean was first domesticated growth in South America.


According to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, hemagglutinin isolated from an edible legume, namely black bean, showed an anti-proliferative activity against tumor cell lines MG-63 and HepG2 but not the normal cell line.

Malignant osteosarcoma cells treated with the phytochemical also exerted a significant effect in shrinking of tumor cells as well as inducing apoptosis.

The study also stated that hemagglutinin also induced cell death by interfering with the first stage of tumor cell division in the expression of protein, RNA, and DNA and inducing mitochondrial membrane depolarization in controlling the plasma membrane of a muscle or nerve cell

Furthermore, the study also suggested that the efficacy of hemagglutinin in causing cell death may be attributed to the function of protein in increased regulation of pro-inflammatory expressions.
Dr. Dan X, the lead author said, " a novel hemagglutinin from an edible legume (showed) a growth-inhibitory effect on osteosarcoma and liver cancer cells" and " The hemagglutinating activity of this hemagglutinin was demonstrated to be ion-dependent and stable over a wide range of temperature and pH values".

The findings suggested that black beans may be considered as a functional food in improved bone health as well as reducing risk and treatment of osteosarcoma, but further studies are necessary to confirm its potency.


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Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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(1) Purification and Characterization of a Novel Hemagglutinin with Inhibitory Activity toward Osteocarcinoma Cells from Northeast China Black Beans by Dan X1, Wong JH1, Fang EF2, Chan FC3, Ng TB1(PubMed).

Cruciferous Vegetables Reduce the Risk of Ischemic Stroke

 Stroke is a medical condition caused by reduced blood flow to the brain resulting in cell death due to blocked artery (ischemic stroke) or the leaking or bursting of a blood vessel (hemorrhagic stroke).

In other words, stroke can be caused by either ischemia, due to lack of blood flow or hemorrhagic, due to bleeding.

A stroke is a medical emergency. Early intervention in most cases can minimize brain damage and potential complications.

Sadly, stroke is one of the most common causes of death worldwide.

In the US, according to statistics, approximately 800,000 people suffer a stroke of which 600,000 of these are first attacks, and 185,000 are recurrent attacks. Nearly three-quarters of all strokes occur in people over the age of 65.

There is a general belief that stroke is an accumulation over a long period of an unhealthy diet with red meat and processed meats in the induction of artery-clogging.

Atherosclerosisassociated with the hardening of the arteries caused by the buildup of fatty substances in the arteries can lead to stroke.


In other words, if the blood vessel that feeds the brain is blocked, a stroke occurs.

Some researchers suggested that increased intake of fruits and vegetables such as carrot accompanied with good fats such as salmon, tuna, and mackerel may have a substantial effect in reduced inflammation in the arteries, improved blood flow, and decreased the chance of blood clots.

Not all strokes can lead to permanent brain damage. Some people with a temporary disruption of blood flow to the brain do not result in permanent damage.

Besides aging, smoking, medical conditions such as unmanaged high blood pressure and cholesterol and diabetes, obesity, physical inactivity are some of the prevalent factors found in stroke patients.

Cruciferous vegetables are a group of vegetables, belongings to the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivated all over the world in suitable climate for commercial profits, including cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and green leafy vegetables.

On finding a potential remedy for reducing the mortality rate of cardiovascular diseases, researchers examined the therapeutic potential and protective effect of D3T found in cruciferous vegetables for the treatment of ischemic stroke.

The study included selected mice subjected to transient middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (tMCAO/R) who were administered with vehicle or D3T to evaluate the effect of D3T in cerebral brain injury.

Based on the results of the experiment,
* D3T reduced infarct size, decreased brain edema, lessened blood-brain barrier disruption, and ameliorated neurological deficits.

* D3T suppressed microglia (MG) activation induced by stroke and inhibited peripheral inflammatory immune cell infiltration of CNS in the ischemic brain.

* D3T also exerted a protective effect on ischemic stroke against the induction of oxidative stress by mediating the improved expression of antioxidant enzyme Nrf2.

Based on the results, researchers said, "D3T confers protection against ischemic stroke, which is mediated through suppression of MG activation and inhibition of CNS peripheral cell infiltration, and that the protective effect of D3T in ischemic stroke is dependent on the activation of Nrf2".

Taken altogether, cruciferous vegetables may be considered functional remedies for the protection in ischemic strokes, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as the international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) 3H-1,2-Dithiole-3-thione as a novel therapeutic agent for the treatment of ischemic stroke through Nrf2 defense pathway by Kuo PC1, Yu IC2, Scofield BA1, Brown DA3, Curfman ET2, Paraiso HC4, Chang FL5, Yen JH. (PubMed)

Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus), the Potential Anti-Gastric/Stomach Cancer Antioxidant

Gastric or mouth cancer is a chronic and medical condition characterized by abnormal cells growing in the tissues of the stomach.

The stomach-formed part of the digestive system is located between the esophagus and the small intestine and is a muscular, hollow of the digestive tract.

Most cases of gastric or mouth cancer start in the mucus-producing cells of the inside lining of the stomach due to the alternation of DNA. Adenocarcinoma is the most common type of gastric cancer.

At the early stage, due to the small size of the tumor, most patients with gastric cancer are asymptomatic.

However, as cancer continues to grow, it may induce general symptoms shared by all cancer and specific symptoms such as mild ache in the upper part of the body, difficulty of swallowing, feeling full or bloated after a small meal, vomiting blood or having blood in the stool.

At this stage, gastric cancer also induces secondary metastasis, by infecting other healthy tissues and organ far away from the original site.

Out of many risk factor associated with the onset of gastric cancer including diet, long-term inflammation of the stomach, smoking, and obesity, some researchers suggested low levels gastric acid production by the stomach may have a strong implication in facilitating the onset of the condition.


Dr. Helge L. Waldum, the lead scientist in the analysis of the correlation between Helicobacter pylori and gastric acid, wrote, "Helicobacter pylori (Hp) is the main cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, and gastric cancer. There are still unanswered questions related to the interaction between Hp and man, like what determines the susceptibility for the initial infection and the mechanisms for the carcinogenic effect".

And, "The initial infection seems to require a temporal gastric hypoacidity. For Hp to survive in the gastric mucous layer, some acidity is necessary. Hp itself is probably not directly carcinogenic. Only when inducing oxyntic mucosal inflammation and atrophy with hypoacidity, Hp predisposes for gastric cancer. Gastrin most likely plays a central role in the Hp pathogenesis of duodenal ulcer and gastric cancer".

The cucumber plant is a species of Cucumis Sativus, belongs to the family Cucurbitaceae and native to Western Asia. It is also a creeping vine with roots in the ground and grows up with the support of frames.

With an aim to find a potential compound for the treatment of gastric cancer, researchers examined the effect of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich (Cucurbitaceae) (squirting cucumber) on cell lines of gastric and esophageal origin namely called AGS (human gastric carcinoma) and KYSE30 (human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma).

The study included AGS and KYSE30 cancer cell lines incubated for 24, 48, and 72 h with an aqueous extract of the fruits of E. elaterium prepared and freeze-dried.

In AGS, at the IC(50) values of 2.5, 0.7, and 0.7 μg/ml, the aqueous extract for cell line after 24, 48, and 72 h, respectively showed significant induction of cell apoptosis.

Similarly, KYSE30 cell line induced apoptosis was found at IC(50) values for KYSE30 cell line in doses of 500, 150, and 125 μg/ml after 24, 48, and 72 h, respectively.


Furthermore, the injection of the extract also showed a significant increase in cell density at the G2/M phase, according to cell cycle analysis.

Moreover, the efficacy of the extract against gastric cancer cell lines was attributed to several compounds in the induction of cytotoxicity.

Based on the findings, researchers said, "The results of the current study showed that the freeze-dried aqueous extract of E. elaterium fruit has a cytotoxic effect on gastric and esophageal cancer cell lines by means of apoptosis".

In order to reveal more information of cucumber anti-gastric cancer activity, researchers investigated the effects of Cucurbitacin B (CuB), a natural compound found in Cucurbitaceae in cisplatin (DDP)-resistant human GC cell line SGC7901/DDP.


According to the tested assays, CuB treatment significantly suppressed SGC7901/DDP cell proliferation, induced caspase-dependent apoptosis, and autophagy.

Interestingly, the activation of autophagy was mediated through CuB- inhibition of the protein (TORC1) involved the regulation of cancer cell growth and survival.

In order to reveal more information of CuB anti-gastric cancer potency, scientists examined the CuB activity as a cancerous inhibitor of protein phosphatase 2A (CIP2A), a human oncoprotein that is overexpressed in multiple kinds of tumors including gastric cancer (GC).

In cisplatin (DDP)-resistant human GC cell line SGC7901/DDP, CuB treatment exerted a similar effect as of that of the aforementioned study in the inhibition of SGC7901/DDP cell proliferation, induced caspase-dependent apoptosis, and autophagy.


Moreover, CuB inhibited mTORC1 as showed in the previous study via the inhibition of CIP2A which activates the protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) in the induction of cancer cell proliferation.

Based on the results, researchers said, "CuB can inhibit the proliferation, induce caspase-dependent apoptosis, and autophagy of SGC7901/DDP cells by suppressing CIP2A/PP2A/mTORC1 signaling axis".

Taken altogether, cucumber processed a high amount of Cucurbitacin B (CuB) as the main ingredient may be considered supplements for the prevention and treatment of gastric cancer, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of Cucurbitacin B (CuB) in the form of supplement should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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(2) Cucurbitacin B induces autophagy and apoptosis by suppressing CIP2A/PP2A/mTORC1 signaling axis in human cisplatin resistant gastric cancercells by Liu X1, Duan C1, Ji J1, Zhang T1, Yuan X1, Zhang Y1, Ma W1, Yang J2, Yang L2, Jiang Z2, Yu H2, Liu Y1. (PubMed)
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