The mechanism of the anti-cancer effects of broccoli

Kohl, whose use reduces the risk of prostate cancer - British scientists have discovered the mechanism of antitumor action of broccoli. It was found that it contains substances which may "anti" to activate genes and block genes that promote cancer, according to the journal PLoS ONE. In a study by experts from the UK's Institute of Food Research by Richard Mitch (Richard Mithen), is conducted on 24 patients was with precancerous changes in the prostate. Half of men every week for a year to supplement their normal diet 400 grams broccoli, and the rest - 400 grams of peas. Before the start of the study and after six months and one year, the participants took a tissue biopsy of the prostate and determined the expression of all genes that influence the risk of prostate cancer. They found that men who consumed broccoli, about 400-500 favorable changes in the expression of genes that appeared to reduce the risk of prostate cancer. According to the researchers, these changes influence the genes that contribute to tumor development and genes that prevent cancer. The largest positive effect of the consumption of broccoli in men who are carriers of the gene GSTM1, which is 50% of the world population, it was observed, the researchers reported. New research explains the anti-cancer effects of broccoli, shown in recent observational studies and in animal experiments. It is currently assumed that this function is related to the carbon to its member companies in all cruciferous sulforaphane and isothiocyanates, the researchers note made. Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer in developed countries. Every year the world discovered more than 680,000 new cases and there are nearly 220 000 deaths from prostate cancer.