A household sweetener could hold the potential to create an anti-cancer treatment.
New research from Hiroshima University in Japan revealed that stevia leaf extract could help fight pancreatic cancer cells.
The leaves of the stevia plant (Stevia rebaudiana) are used to make stevia extract, a naturally sweet substance commonly used as a sugar substitute.
The study, published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, investigated the anti-cancer properties of stevia leaf extract when it is fermented with a certain strain of bacteria.
In laboratory research, the fermented extract exhibited “significantly enhanced antioxidant activity and cytotoxicity” against pancreatic cancer cells, the researchers revealed.
This led them to believe that this substance could serve as a “promising candidate for pancreatic cancer treatment.”
Paul E. Oberstein, M.D., medical oncologist and assistant director of the Pancreatic Cancer Center at NYU Langone Perlmutter Cancer Center, shared his thoughts in an interview with Fox News Digital.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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