manfaat daun pepaya dan buahnya

manfaat daun pepaya dan buahnya Various natural treatment is claimed to fight cancer cells . Researchers discover papaya leaf extract can be effective against a variety of tumors and become traditional medicine .

Researcher Nam Dang from the University of Florida and colleagues from Japan documented anti-cancer effects of papaya against tumors of the cervix , breast , liver and pancreas . This research report has also been published in the Journal of Ethnopharmacology .

The researchers used an extract made ​​from dried papaya leaves and turns the resulting effect could be stronger . Dang and the other scientists showed that papaya leaf extract can increase the production of key signaling molecules called Th1 -type cytokines , these molecules help regulate the immune system .

" This could be a therapeutic treatment to fight cancer cells by enhancing the immune system , " said the researchers in the journal which was released last February , as quoted by AFP on Wednesday ( 10/3/2010 ) .

The scientists said that papaya leaf extract has no toxic effects on normal cells , this certainly can avoid the side effects that generally always occur in some cancer treatments .

Researchers used 10 different types of cancer cells with 4 variations of papaya leaf extract and measured the effect after administration of papaya leaf extract for 24 hours . The results were found to show papaya leaf extract can slow the growth of cancer cells in all different mediums .

The results of the research still takes a long time and certainly will be developed to be carried out clinical trials on animal models that can later be tested on humans . If the study is successful , it will create a new treatment to fight the cancer cells by using traditional materials .