Researchers back cancer-fighting properties of papaya

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MIAMI (AFP) – Researchers said Tuesday that papaya leaf extract and its tea have dramatic cancer-fighting properties against a broad range of tumors, backing a belief held in a number of folk traditions.

University of Florida researcher Nam Dang and colleagues in Japan, in a report published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, documented papaya's anticancer effect against tumors of the cervix, breast, liver, lung and pancreas.

Dang and a colleague have applied to patent the process to distill the papaya extract through the University of Tokyo.

Just saw this on the news just a little bit ago. Look like another possible cure is coming out. I hope this goes all the way and is able to cure without any stoppage from Big Pharma. Time will tell.

Good news.

What was tested was the leaf, not the actual fruit.

The fruit could have the same compounds, but it seems to be concentrated in the leaves.

It also was a study on tumour cell lines, but why not take proactive and preventive medicine approach and take it regularly?

Here is the referenced study abstract, if you are interested in the full text I can give you :

Aqueous extract of Carica papaya leaves exhibits anti-tumor activity and immunomodulatory effects

[edit on 9-3-2010 by jjjtir]