subject: The Effects of Licorice Extract on Colon Cancer [print this page] The Effects of Licorice Extract on Colon Cancer
Licorice extract has the potential to prevent and treat colon or colorectalcancer that affects more than 130,000 people each year in the United States. Unfortunately, there are very limited medical treatments and preventive drugs available to counter colon cancer. Some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as aspirin, ibuprofen and COX-2 drugs are widely used to treat patients of colon cancer. Another well-known anti-cancer drug, Cisplatin, has been used to prevent the growth of colon tumors by destroying cancer cells. However, cisplatin has various common side effects that include nausea, vomiting, brittle hair etc. Some of the toxicities are dangerous, particularly infections as it affects the growth of human cells in the immune system. Recently, a team of researchers from the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville has shown that antioxidants can help in the prevention of toxic build-up in the body. Licorice extract has been found to have antioxidant properties and thus shows a protective effect against colon tumors.
The researchers have demonstrated how licorice extracts alone and combined with cisplatin shows efficiency against severe toxicities that arise during administration of cisplatin. Using licorice, and the glycyrrhizic acid it contains, has a positive effect on colon tumors in mice by hindering a harmful enzyme. Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is one of the risk factors for colon cancer and inflammation is due to the excessive presence of harmful enzymes in the colon that exaggerate and cause colon cancer. Glycyrrhizic acid, which is in licorice, efficiently works on inflammatory components by blocking the activity of the harmful enzyme. The blending of licorice extract and cisplatin reduces the healing property of cisplatin but significantly shows the anti-tumor activity of the licorice extract.
Using licorice extracts slows down the progression of colon cancer and prevents the side effects caused by cisplatin. Therefore, researchers concluded that licorice extract has anti-cancer effect and it can be used as a potent chemo-preventive agent.
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