Drug From Milk Thistle Prevents Lung Cancer In A Mouse Model

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Article Date: 23 Jun 2006 - 9:00 PDT

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Silibinin, a compound from the milk thistle, inhibits lung tumor blood vessel formation in mice and may help prevent the growth and development of lung tumors, a study reports.

Rajesh Agarwal, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and colleagues tested the effect of dietary silibinin on mice injected with a chemical that causes lung cancer. Mice given silibinin had lower numbers of lung tumors than mice given a diet lacking silibinin, and their tumors had a lower size and blood vessel count. The authors conclude that dietary silibinin should be investigated as a cancer preventing agent for lung cancer in humans.

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Contact:Kenna Bruner, kenna.bruner@uchsc.edu

Highlights in the June 21 JNCI
Contact: Ariel Whitworth
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

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