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  2. Sulforaphane - Wikipedia

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    Sulforaphane (sometimes sulphoraphane in British English) is a compound within the isothiocyanate group of organosulfur compounds. [1] It is produced when the enzyme myrosinase transforms glucoraphanin, a glucosinolate, into sulforaphane upon damage to the plant (such as from chewing or chopping during food preparation), which allows the two compounds to mix and react.

  3. Plant sources of anti-cancer agents - Wikipedia

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    There can be many years between promising laboratory work and the availability of an effective anti-cancer drug: Monroe Eliot Wall discovered anti-cancer properties in Camptotheca in 1958, but it was not until 1996 – after further research and rounds of clinical trials – that topotecan, a synthetic derivative of a chemical in the plant, was ...

  4. Cancer cell - Wikipedia

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    Cancer cells are cells that divide continually, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood or lymph with abnormal cells. Cell division is a normal process used by the body for growth and repair. A parent cell divides to form two daughter cells, and these daughter cells are used to build new tissue or to replace cells that have died because of ...

  5. Study: 21 popular cereals found to have cancer-linked ... - AOL

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    New tests done by the Environmental Working Group have found 21 oat-based cereals and snack bars popular amongst children to have "troubling levels of glyphosate." The chemical, which is the ...

  6. Fractional kill - Wikipedia

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    In oncology, the fact that one round of chemotherapy does not kill all the cells in a tumor is a poorly understood phenomenon called fractional kill, or fractional cell kill. The fractional kill hypothesis states that a defined chemotherapy concentration, applied for a defined time period, will kill a constant fraction of the cells in a ...

  7. Photoimmunotherapy - Wikipedia

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    PIT treatment avoids the side effects problem through the creation of a targeted-photosensitizer, which involves two components: a monoclonal antibody (mAb) which recognizes specific proteins on the surface of cancer cells, and a non-targeted photosensitizer. Even though the new mAb-based photosensitizers are distributed throughout the body, it ...

  8. Glucoraphanin - Wikipedia

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    Sulforaphane and other isothiocyanates have been studied for their potential biological effects. [3] The isothiocyanates formed from glucosinolates are under laboratory research to assess the expression and activation of enzymes that metabolize xenobiotics , such as carcinogens . [ 3 ]

  9. Biophotonics - Wikipedia

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    Biophotonics can also be described as the "development and application of optical techniques, particularly imaging, to the study of biological molecules, cells and tissue". [2] One of the main benefits of using the optical techniques which make up biophotonics is that they preserve the integrity of the biological cells being examined. [3] [4]