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Broccoli compound induces cell death in yeast, offers research path for cancer treatment
Phys Org ^ | 24 January 2022 | Hiroshima University

Posted on 01/24/2022 7:23:51 AM PST by Scarlett156

Broccoli may contain advantages beyond nutrition. A molecule found in broccoli, cabbage and more digests down into DIM, a compound with brighter benefits than the name implies, such as inducing cell death in breast, prostate and colon cancer. Now, researchers are beginning to understand the mechanism underpinning this molecular behavior—information that could help elucidate future anti-cancer treatments.

In a report published on Dec. 10, 2021, in PLOS One, Hiroshima University researchers summarize their finding that DIM, or 3,3'-Diindolylmethane, also triggers controlled whole-cell death and recycling of cellular components in fission yeast. Whether the DIM-induced damage mechanism is conserved in humans remains to be seen, but paper author Masaru Ueno explained that unicellular fission yeast allow for easier examination of molecular machinery that mimics behavior in more complex organisms.

"We discovered that the chemical compound, DIM, induces novel biological activity that damages the nuclear membranes in fission yeast," said Ueno, associate professor at Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University.

The nuclear membranes enclose the cell's genetic information. Once the genetic material is replicated, the nuclear envelope, which comprises the inner and outer membranes, pinches into two and part, resulting in two cells where there once was one.

"Integrity of the nuclear membranes is important for human health," Ueno said. "Mutations that cause defects in the nuclear membrane accelerate aging. Nuclear membranes also rupture and repair themselves during cancer cell migration."

(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...


TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: broccoli; cancer; diindolylmethane; health
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To: ConservativeMind

what brand?


21 posted on 01/24/2022 11:12:27 AM PST by ckilmer
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To: blam

I like broccoli a lot - cabbage is great, too, if properly cooked. Is the same amount of benefit derived from cooked cabbage?


22 posted on 01/24/2022 11:47:17 AM PST by Scarlett156 (Someone with "comedian" on his social media profile is invariably a self-hating sadistic loser.)
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To: ckilmer

Zazzee from Amazon.


23 posted on 01/24/2022 12:22:41 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Bookmark


24 posted on 01/24/2022 3:02:06 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: ConservativeMind

ok thanks.


25 posted on 01/24/2022 3:04:45 PM PST by ckilmer
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To: AnglePark

I cut red cabbage into 1-1/2” squares and dip them into hummus or onion dip instead of chips. Delicious!!


26 posted on 01/24/2022 3:06:51 PM PST by EnquiringMind
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To: Arlis

Amazon - Zazzee, currently.


27 posted on 01/24/2022 4:40:12 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: EnquiringMind

Never tried dipping it — I’ll give it a whirl!


28 posted on 01/24/2022 5:23:02 PM PST by AnglePark
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To: AnglePark

Yes, try it — it’s so good! I use the thicker leaves close to the core for my chip squares.


29 posted on 01/24/2022 6:42:56 PM PST by EnquiringMind
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To: ConservativeMind

Thank you.


30 posted on 01/24/2022 7:04:41 PM PST by Arlis
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To: blam
I can't eat cabbage.

Well.... I CAN but my dear family begged me to stop. At least they still allow me to eat it at picnics.

During the summer.

When we can either walk or drive home with the windows open.

I do love cabbage.

31 posted on 01/24/2022 7:12:49 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (add a dab of lavender in milk, leave town with an orange and pretend you're laughing with it)
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To: AnglePark

red cabbage ditto....brightens up any plate of greens.


32 posted on 01/25/2022 5:59:09 AM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Scarlett156

[]search:::”what is diindolylmethane?”

https://www.rxlist.com/diindolylmethane/supplements.htm


33 posted on 01/26/2022 4:30:47 AM PST by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: ConservativeMind

Haha, I lost track of this post. I meant to ask you: Did a physician tell you to take this or did you take it on your own? I know next to nothing about it.

Also, importantly: Do you just take it like a vitamin, routinely, or did you start it for a problem and what results did you have?


34 posted on 01/26/2022 5:55:08 PM PST by Scarlett156 (Someone with "comedian" on his social media profile is invariably a self-hating sadistic loser.)
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To: Scarlett156

I took it on my own, testing it for blocking some excess testosterone conversion.

With women, it appears to block some excess estrogen conversion, among other benefits.


35 posted on 01/26/2022 6:41:07 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Was there a good, noticeable result? (No need to go into huge amounts of details.) For example, I heard about pau d’arco bark tea and its miraculous properties. I don’t have cancer but I ordered some. I had a couple of - I guess you would call it ingrown hairs? that didn’t get better in a couple of days like they were supposed to. With each, after a few days of starting to drink pau d’arco, the lesion was gone. In one case it had been present for more than a year (I wasn’t sick with anything else during that time).

Something like that. Did you notice better overall general health?


36 posted on 01/26/2022 7:06:32 PM PST by Scarlett156 (Someone with "comedian" on his social media profile is invariably a self-hating sadistic loser.)
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To: Scarlett156

I did and have and continue to take it, as does my wife.

You could try it for a month and see if you notice anything. If not, don’t buy more.

For me, it does seem to help some.


37 posted on 01/26/2022 7:09:06 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Ya learn something new every day! Thank ye, stranger! *spits* *looks at spit on floor* Whoops.....


38 posted on 01/26/2022 7:21:14 PM PST by Scarlett156 (Someone with "comedian" on his social media profile is invariably a self-hating sadistic loser.)
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