Turmeric and green tea have significant apoptic effects in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. - GreenMedInfo Summary
Turmeric and green tea: a recipe for the treatment of B-chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Clin Cancer Res. 2009 Feb 15;15(4):1123-5. PMID: 19228716
Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), Division of Cancer Medicine, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. lsangelo@mdanderson.org
Two naturally occurring compounds, curcumin, the active ingredient in the spice turmeric, and the green tea extract epigallocatechin-3-gallate, have marked effects on the apoptotic machinery in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. These results provide a preclinical foundation for future clinical use of these compounds in this disease.
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