Does garlic reduce colon cancer risk factors?
A new study completed through collaborative efforts by researcher’s at Columbia University and the Institute for Cancer Prevention found that an ingredient in Kyolic Aged Garlic Extract (AGE) helps stop growth of colon cancer cells. The results were published in the October issue of Cancer Research. Dr. John Thomas Pinto, a leading cancer researcher at the Institute of Cancer Prevention, in Valhalla, New York and Dr. Danhua Xiao at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center of Columbia University have found that S-allylmercaptocysteine (SAMC), a water-soluble sulfur compound present in AGE, stops colon cancer cells from dividing. It prevents the formation of small filaments, known as microtubule spindles, that help separate newly formed cells into two new daughter cells. SAMC seems to exert its antigrowth effect by reacting directly with the proteins that form the structure of the spindles and disrupting their assembly. This process stops cancer cells before they can divide, and su
