Olive oil compound can kill cancer cells

Scientists have discovered that a compound in Extra Virgin Olive Oil can kill human cancer cells without harming healthy cells.

Olive oil has been an ingredient in the Mediterranean diet for thousands of years. According to the study “Cancer and Mediterranean dietary traditions”, cancer incidence in Mediterranean countries is lower than cancer incidence in Scandinavian countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

So, is the oil able to help fight against cancer? A recent study Ingredient in Olive Oil Looks Promising in the Fight Against Cancer by scientists at Rutgers University và Hunter College (NYC), which was published in Molecular & Cellular Oncology has proven this ability with a compound in olive oil – Oleocanthal.

Oleocanthal – a compound in Extra Virgin Olive Oil that kills cancer cells

Scientists have discovered that a compound in Extra Virgin Olive Oils can kill human cancer cells without harming healthy cells.

After applying Oleocanthal to cancer cells, they found out that these cells were dying very quickly – within 30 minutes to an hour. Since programmed cell death takes between 16 and 24 hours, the scientists realized that something else had to be causing the cancer cells to break down and die: The cancer cells were being killed by their own enzymes.

Oleocanthal breaks vesicles in cancer cells

“The oleocanthal was puncturing the vesicles inside the cancer cells that store the cell’s waste – the cell’s ‘dumpster,’ or ‘recycling center.’. These vesicles, known as lysosomes are larger in cancer cells than in healthy cells. They also contain a lot of waste. “Once you open one of those things, all hell breaks loose,” the scientists said.

But oleocanthal didn’t harm healthy cells, the researchers found. It merely stopped their life cycles temporarily – “put them to sleep”. After a day, the healthy cells resumed their cycles.  

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