Phytosterols, the Anti Hypercholesterolemic Phytochemicals

By Kyle J. Norton


The liver is the largest internal organ found in the human which plays an essential role in filtering the blood from the digestive system before passing them to other parts of the body.

Cholesterol produced by the liver plays an essential role in aiding digestion, building cell membranes and producing vitamin D and steroid hormones.

However, excessive amounts of cholesterol in the blood have been found to induce plaque built-up on the arterial wall, leading to heart disease and stroke.

Hypercholesterolemia is a condition characterized by abnormally high levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream.

The cause of hypercholesterolemia is a result of overexpression of low-density lipoprotein with reduced levels of high-density lipoprotein in the blood.

Believe it or not, cholesterol produced by the liver or from outside sources is essential for the building of the strong cell membranes, the production of steroid hormone and vitamin D.


Compared to hypercholesterolemia, the healthy levels of LDL/HDL are any numbers that are less than 4.

Patients with familial hyper cholesterol may experience symptoms of chest pain with activity. xanthomas, and cholesterol deposits around the eyelids.

According to the statistics provided by the CDC, hypercholesterolemia is a major risk factor of heart disease, a leading cause of death in the US. In the US, approximately, 71 million American adults (33.5%) have high low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad,” cholesterol, and only 1 out of every 3 adults with high LDL cholesterol has the condition under control.

Sadly, only 50% of people hypercholesterolemia are getting treatment.

Phytosterols, which encompass plant sterols and stanols, are phytosterols, similar to cholesterol found in plants

On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment against high blood cholesterol, researchers investigated the phytosterol effects on hypercholesterolemia.

A total of 28 patients with primary hyperlipoproteinemia [19X lipoprotein (LP) type IIA, 8X type IIB and 1X a normolipidaemic patient with concurrent hyperapoB lipoproteinaemia] included in the study were given for a period of three weeks a dietetic preparation containing phytosterols - 12 g/day.

According to the experimental results,

* Phytostero dietetic preparation showed a strong activity lowering the total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol in plasma.

* Furthermore, The application also increased the cholesterol concentration in HDL and both its fractions however, the differences were not significant. 

* No change of the levels of triglyceride levels

* The levels of apolipoprotein B (apo-B) concentration in LDL involved in the metabolism of lipids were significantly reduced by the application without inducing a change of apo-A-I in plasma that transport lipid in the blood.

Most importantly, the application demonstrated a drop of atherogenic indexes TC/HDL-C, LDL-C/HDL-C, and apo-B/-A-I. associated with hyper cholesterol in the blood.

Based on the findings, researchers wrote, "Discrimination analysis of parameters of the lipoprotein metabolism and the patients' body weight before treatment helps to assess a function by means of which it is possible in 92.3% of the subjects to predict the success of treatment before the administration of beta-sitosterol".

Taken altogether, beta-Sitosterol may be considered a supplement for the prevention and treatment of inflammation, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of beta-Sitosterol in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) [Beta-sitosterol in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia].[Article in Czech] by Zák A1, Zeman M, Vítková D, Hrabák P, Tvrzická E. (PubMed)

Herbal Ashwagandha, a Potential Anti Ischemic Stroke Functional Remedy

By Kyle J. Norton

Cardiovascular disease is a class of chronic condition characterized by the dysfunction of the heart and blood vessels, including heart diseases and stroke.

The causes of cardiovascular diseases include
* High blood pressure contributes to the hardening of the arteries.

* High levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) build up in the arteries as a result of an uncontrolled diet with high levels of saturated fat and trans fat.

All these add to the formation of atherosclerosis lesions and eventually arterial blockage or anything that serves to damage the inner lining of blood vessels and impedes the transportation of oxygen and nutrition to the heart can be defined as a risk of heart disease.

Stroke is a medical condition caused by reduced blood flow to the brain resulting in cell death due to blocked artery (ischemic stroke) or the leaking or bursting of a blood vessel (hemorrhagic stroke).

In other words, stroke can be caused by either ischemia, due to lack of blood flow or hemorrhagic, due to bleeding.

A stroke is a medical emergency. Early intervention is most cases can minimize brain damage and potential complications.

Sadly, stroke is one of the most common causes of death worldwide.

In the US, according to statistics, approximately 800,000 people suffer a stroke in which 600,000 of these are first attacks, and 185,000 are recurrent attacks. Nearly three-quarters of all strokes occur in people over the age of 65.

Similar to heart diseases, the most common risk factors of stroke are aging, family history with heart disease, metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure and cholesterol, obesity, smoking, and stress epidemiologically.

Ashwagandha also is known as Withania somnifera is a nightshade plant in the genus of Withania, belonging to the family Solanaceae, native to the dry parts of India, North Africa, Middle East, and the Mediterranean.

The herbal medicine has been considered as Indian ginseng and used in Ayurvedic medicine over 3000 years to treat tumors and tubercular glands, carbuncles, memory loss, and ulcers and considered as anti-stress, cognition-facilitating, anti-inflammatory, and anti-aging herbal medicine.

In the urgency to discover a natural ingredient for the prevention of arterial diseases, researchers examined the effects of Withania somnifera (WS) supplementation on middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) induced mitochondrial dysfunctions in an experimental model of ischemic stroke.

Before treatment with WS, ischemia-reperfusion injury animals

* Showed the increased oxidative stress indicated by increased reactive oxygen species and protein carbonyl levels.

* Decreased antioxidant enzymes including the levels of superoxide dismutase and catalase activity, along with a reduction in GSH levels and the redox ratio,

* Impaired mitochondrial functions and enhanced expression of apoptosis markers.

* Increased the activity of caspase-3 and caspase-9 associated with neuron apoptosis observed, by the altered expression of apoptotic proteins Bcl-2 and Bax in tested animals.

Furthermore,  MCAO animals also showed significant impairment in cognitive functions.

WS pre-supplementation, on the other hand, ameliorated MCAO induced oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunctions, apoptosis, and cognitive impairments. 

Based on the evidence, researchers said, "The results show a protective effect of WS pre-supplementation in ischemic stroke and are suggestive of its potential application in stroke management".

Taken altogether, Ashwagandha may be considered supplements for stroke management, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Indian Ginseng (Withania somnifera) supplementation ameliorates oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunctions in experimental model of stroke by Sood A1, Mehrotra A1,2, Dhawan DK3, Sandhir R. (PubMed)

Healthy Food Cabbage, the Potential Anticancer Functional Remedy

By Kyle J. Norton

Cancer is the class of chronic disease caused by irregular cell growth in the tissue or specific organ in the body due to the alternation of cell DNA.

Most cases of cancer begin in the cells on the surface of the inner lining tissue of the organ or gland. At the early stage, most cancers are asymptomatic.

However, at the advanced stage, most cancers not can induce common symptoms such as gastrointestinal discomforts, unintended weight loss, loss of appetite and fatigue but also localized symptoms depending on the affected tissues and organs.

Cancers at this stage also can travel a distance away from the original site to induce secondary metastasis.

According to the statistics provided by the American cancer society, in 2018,1,735,350 new cases were diagnosed, representing more than 4,700 new cancer diagnoses each day.
The lifetime probability of being diagnosed with cancer is 39.7% for men and 37.6% for women.

Compared to all cancers, lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers are the most common cancer in the US.

Angiogenesis is the process that develops new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels by invasive tumors to provide energy(nutrition and fluids) for cancerous cells growth and proliferation. 

Believe or not, 1/4 of cancers death are due to lung cancer.

Depending on types of cancer, people with cancers may experience general and specific symptoms.

Cabbage is a species of Brassica oleracea belongings to the family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae), native to the Mediterranean region along the seacoast. The veggie has a short stem of which is crowded a mass of leaves, usually green but in some varieties, it may be red or purplish.

With an aim to find a natural food for the prevention and treatment of malignant tumors, researchers investigated the anticancer effects of kimchi prepared using the standard Baechu cabbage and Amtak Baechu cabbage by comparing the standard Baechu cabbage and dry salt treatment method (SK-D); the Amtak Baechu cabbage and dry salt treatment method (AK-D), the standard Baechu cabbage and brine solution treatment method (SK-B), and Amtak Baechu cabbage and brine solution treatment method (AK-B).

In human pancreas cancer cells (Capan-2) and human liver cancer cells (HepG2), AK-D and AK-B compared with SK-D and SK-B (p < 0.05). At 2.0 mg/m treatment showed a significant increase in cell growth inhibition.

Experimentally, the inhibition of Capan-2 cells was more than doubled after treatment with AK-B and AK-D compared with SK-B and SK-D but was only 1.2 times in HepG2 cells.

AK-D and AK-B treatment compared with SK-D and SK-B exerted a strong activity in inducing apoptosis and cell cycle arrest by significant increasing the levels of p21 associated with cell cycle suppression

Furthermore, AK-B showed a higher ongoing cytotoxic effect compared with AK-D.

Based on the results, researchers wrote, " these results indicate that kimchi made with Amtak Baechu cabbage and treated with brine solution (AK-B) had a superior anticancer potential against both types of cancer cells, with the effects being greater in pancreatic cancer cells compared with liver cancer cells.".
Taken altogether, cabbage may be considered a remedy for the prevention and treatment of cancers, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.


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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Beneficial Outcomes of Kimchi Prepared with Amtak Baechu Cabbage and Salting in Brine Solution: Anticancer Effects in Pancreatic and Hepatic Cancer Cells by Song GH1, Park ES1, Lee SM1, Park DB2, Park KY. (PubMed)

Lycopene Protects the Cerebral Vessels and Neurons Induced by Hyperlipidemia

By Kyle J. Norton

The liver is the largest internal organ located in the upper right portion of the abdomen, beneath your diaphragm and above your stomach.

The liver not only plays a critical role to filter the blood coming from the intestine before passing them to other parts of the body but also protects our body against toxin by detoxifying chemicals and metabolizes drugs.

Cholesterol is a waxy substance produced by the liver. In a moderate amount, it helps to improve the gastrointestinal tract in food digestion, builds strong cell membranes, produces vitamin D and steroid hormones.

The healthy ratio of low-density lipoprotein (LDL)/high-density lipoprotein (HDL) is ant numbers that are less than 4.

Hyperlipidemia is a medical condition of abnormally high levels of cholesterol and fat in the bloodstream.

High blood cholesterol is the most common cause of hyperlipidemia. According to statistics provided by the CDC, more than 12% of adults age 20 and older are living with high blood cholesterol with a total cholesterol higher than 240 mg/dL. and more than 18% had high-density lipoprotein (HDL, or “good”) cholesterol levels less than 40 mg/dL.

In other words, hyperlipidemia has a high prevalent ratio that affects over 100 million Americans and the condition is increasing at an alarming rate due to overweight and obesity.

Cerebral vessels or brain vessels include anterior and posterior segments that supply blood to the brain.

A neuron or nerve cell made of a cell body (also called soma), dendrites and an axon, is a cell in the nervous system that carries electrical impulses.

Neurons are core components of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves that play an essential role to process and transmit information.

Tomato is red, edible fruit, genus Solanum, belonging to family Solanaceae, native to South America. Because of its health benefits, the tomato is grown worldwide for the commercial purpose
and often in the greenhouse.

Tomatoes provide about 80% of the lycopene in the world diet. In plants, lycopene protects the host against excessive photodamage and performs various functions in photosynthesis.

On finding a potential compound for the treatment of diseases associated with the vessel and neuron damage, researchers examined the effects of lycopene isolated from tomato on vessel and neuron damage in the brain against hyperlipidemia.

Rats selected for the study were fed with hypercholesterolemic feed and treated with lycopene orally by gavage at the dose of 5, 25, 45, 65, 85, and 105, 125 mg/kg/bw-1/d-1 for 4 weeks.

Based on the results at the end of the experiment, lycopene doses and serum lycopene concentration showed an inverse U-shape curve.

In other words, long term intake of lycopene increases the serum of lycopene in the blood plasma linearly.

Serum lycopene concentration was negatively correlated with the levels of serum TC, TG, LDL-C, and cerebral LDL-C and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the brain such as VEGF, and VCAM-1.

Furthermore, the serum lycopene concentration was positively correlated with the expression of Claudin-5 associated with the tight junctions that provide one mechanism of cell to cell adhesion and the number of neurons in hippocampal CA1 and CA3.

In other words, long-term intake of lycopene protects the vessels and neurons against the pathologic change caused by hyperlipidemia.

Collectively, researchers said, "These results suggested an inverse U-shape relation between dose and serum concentration of lycopene, and intermediate doses were most effective to protect cerebral vessels and neurons from being damaged by hyperlipidemia.".

Taken altogether, lycopene found abundantly may be considered supplements for the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia induced cerebral vessel and neuron impairment, pending on the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of lycopene in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) The Dose-Response Effect of Lycopene on Cerebral Vessel and Neuron Impairment Induced by Hyperlipidemia by Wang W1, Yang W1, Shen Z2, Wen S1, Hu M. (PubMed)

Cranberry in the Promotion of Metabolic Health

By Kyle J. Norton

Metabolic health refers to ideal levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference, without using medications.

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions associated with the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

The health problems found in the group include too much fat around the waist, elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and low HDL cholesterol.

In other words, if you have 3 of the conditions in the group, your risk of CVD and diabetes are increased substantially, compared to those who have less.

According to the statistics, approximately 30% of people in the US are living with metabolic syndrome.

Believe it or not, among US adults aged 18 years or older, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome rose by more than 35% from 1988–1994 to 2007–2012, increasing from 25.3% to 34.2%. 

Metabolic dysfunction is a condition caused by any interruption of the aforementioned processes.
In other words, metabolic dysfunction induces the production of excess or a reduced amount of substances needed to stay healthy.

A metabolic disorder can be caused by genetic proposition induced inborn errors of metabolism, or acquired by an individual in the lifetime

There are many risk factors associated with the onset of metabolic dysfunction depending on the types of disruption such as abnormal blood glucose metabolism induced type 2 diabetes.

Diseases associated with metabolic dysfunction can be moderate or severe, depending on the organs involved, including liver or respiratory failure, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis), and HIV/AIDS.

Cranberry is an evergreen dwarf shrub, genus Vaccinium, belongings to the family Ericaceae, native to Northern America and Southern Asia. Because of its health benefits, cranberry has been cultivated in some parts of the world for commercial profit and used in traditional and herbal medicine to treat wounds, urinary disorders, diarrhea, diabetes, stomach ailments, and liver problems.

On finding a potential compound for the promotion of metabolic health, researchers evaluated the effects of isomalto-oligosaccharides (IMOs; sweet-tasting non-digestible oligosaccharides) with cranberry extract (CRX) on a high fat diet (HFD)-induced metabolic alterations in a mice model.

More precisely, Male Swiss albino mice included in the study were fed normal chow or HFD (58% fat kcal) and were administered either CRX (200 mg/kg) alone or in combination with IMOs (1 g/kg).

Based on the tested analysis, the co-supplementation of CRX and IMOs showed a significant improvement of cecal short-chain fatty acids, SCFAs, especially butyrate-producing bacteria (clostridial cluster XIVa bacteria) and butyrate kinase expression in HFD-fed mice.

In other words, the co-supplementation of CRX and IMOs promotes the growth of the population of good bacteria in balancing the ratio of gut bacteria. 

Furthermore, compared to individual compounds, the combination also significantly improved gut beneficial bacterial abundance, gut histology and related changes in the tested mice.

More precisely, the combination not only prevented HFD-induced systemic and tissue inflammation, glucose intolerance but also reduced the systemic obesity-associated metabolic changes in adipose tissue and liver.

The combination of CRX and IMOs appeared more effective in the prevention of HFD-induced gut derangements.

Collectively, researchers said, "Combination of CRX and IMOs could be advantageous for normalization of metabolic alterations seen in diet-induced obesity via beneficial modulation of gastrointestinal health".

Taken altogether, cranberry combined with other herbal medicine may be considered a remedy for the management of metabolic health, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Co-supplementation of isomalto-oligosaccharides potentiates metabolic health benefits of polyphenol-rich cranberry extract in high fat diet-fed mice via enhanced gut butyrate production by Singh DP1,2,3, Singh S1, Bijalwan V1, Kumar V1, Khare P1, Baboota RK1,4, Singh P1, Boparai RK5, Singh J1, Kondepudi KK6, Chopra K7, Bishnoi M. (PubMed)

Broccoli Exerted a Significant Pulmonary Injury Protection

By Kyle J. Norton


The lung is one of the vital organs in humans located near the backbone on either side of the heart with functions of inhaling oxygen from the air then transporting them to the bloodstream to nourish the body cells' need and exhaling carbon dioxide from the bloodstream.

Lung diseases are medical conditions, affecting the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the nerves and muscles of breathing.

People with lung diseases have breathing problems, preventing them to get enough oxygen for the body's needs.

According to the statistic from the World Health Organization, respiratory diseases are leading causes of death and disability in the world. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are 2 of the most common respiratory disease in the world, affecting 65 million and 334 million people, respectively.

3 million people die from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) each year, making it the third leading cause of death worldwide. And 14% of 334 million people suffer from asthma are children.

Long-term smoking is considered one of the leading risk factors of lung diseases. Other risk factors associated with the onset of lung diseases include radon, asbestos, second-hand smoke, and air pollution.

According to Dr. Elizabeth R. Johnson, the lead scientists in the study of "Acute Lung Injury: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment", wrote, "Acute lung injury (ALI) remains a significant source of morbidity and mortality in the critically ill patient population"

And, " Defined by a constellation of clinical criteria (acute onset of bilateral pulmonary infiltrates with hypoxemia without evidence of hydrostatic pulmonary edema), ALI has a high incidence (200,000 per year in the US) and overall mortality remains high".

Recently, some researchers suggested, " E-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI, also called vaping associated pulmonary injury [VAPI]), initially described in 2019, is an acute or subacute respiratory illness that can be severe and life-threatening".

Broccoli is a mustard/cabbage plant, belongs to the family Brassicaceae. The veggie has large flower heads, usually green in color and the mass of flower heads surrounded by leaves and evolved from a wild cabbage plant on the continent of Europe.

On finding a potential plant for the treatment of lung diseases, researchers examined the effects of Sulforaphane (SFN) is a phytochemical antioxidant on the pulmonary injury.

In wild-type (Nrf2+/+) and Nrf2-deficient (Nrf2-/-) mice induced hyperoxia or air exposure-induced pulmonary injury and oxidation indices, pretreatment with SFN orally or as standardized broccoli sprout extract diet (SBE), SFN or SBE upregulated a large cluster of basal lung genes involved in mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, energy metabolism, and cardiovascular protection only in Nrf2+/+ mice.in Nrf2+/+ mice but not in Nrf2-/- mice by elucidating the ARE genes.

However, pretreatment of SFN showed no significant activity against the transcript abundance of the mitochondrial machinery genes in hyperoxia exposure in SFN-treated Nrf2+/+ mice, compared to SFN-treated Nrf2-/- mice.

Furthermore, SFN also exerted a strong effect on a central molecule in transcriptome networks associated with anti-cell apoptosis.

In other words, SFN can only exert a minor improvement of hyperoxia-caused lung histopathology and neutrophilia in Nrf2-/- mice compared to Nrf2+/+.

Based on the evidence, researchers said, ", SFN is suggested to be a preventive intervention in a preclinical model of acute lung injury by linking mitochondria and Nrf2. Administration of SFN alleviated acute lung injury-like pathogenesis in an Nrf2-dependent manner".

Taken altogether,  broccoli may be used as a pulmonary injury protection functional food, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

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Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Sulforaphane enriched transcriptome of lung mitochondrial energy metabolism and provided pulmonary injury protection via Nrf2 in mice by Cho HY1, Miller-DeGraf. (PubMed)
(2) Acute Lung Injury: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment by Elizabeth R. Johnson, B.S.1 and Michael A. Matthay, M.D. (PMC)
(3) E-cigarette or vaping product use associated lung injury (EVALI) by Helen Hollingsworth,
MD. (UpTodate)

Tocopherols Process Cytotoxicity Against Cancer Cells

By Kyle J. Norton

Cytotoxicity is the process in the induction of cell death through toxins.

In other words, cell cytotoxicity is the process in which certain chemicals or mediator cells are used to destroy living cells.

In cancers, cytotoxicity can be benefits to humans by destroying the cancer cells and preventing them from proliferation.

Most cases of cytotoxicity used by a substance are to determine the potential toxicity of the quality of the substance, including plant extracts or biologically active compounds isolated from plants.

But, before the preparation can be used in humans, bioassays associated with a number of different cell lines in vitro and Vivo have been used to assess the cytotoxicity of many herbal plants, including those of African medicinal plants.

In other words, the aim of the cytotoxic studies is to find the minimal quality that is essential for the successful development of pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparation that induces cellular toxicity for the treatment of cancer.

Some of the cancer drugs with cytotoxic activity have been found to induce cancer cell death accompanied by serious health problems, including weakened immune functioning such as low blood counts cause an increased possibility of developing infection or anemia, tiredness, mouth soreness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetites, constipation or diarrhea, skin changes or reactions. particularly hair loss. 

However, the combination used of chemo drug and herbal medicine and plant-based antioxidants that can also stimulate the  ROS and antioxidants production to induce cytotoxicity to the tumors can also cause cancer cell death without damage to nearby healthy cells.

For example, cytotoxicity induced by oxidative stress due to the imbalanced ratio of free radicals and antioxidant enzymes produced by the body can cause protein, lipid and cellular damage that leads to chronic low-grade inflammatory diseases and cancer.

Tocopherols are phytochemicals of which many have vitamin E activity, belongings to the group of Lipids, found abundantly in butter, egg yolk, milk fat, some vegetable, and seed or nut oils, etc.

On finding a potential phytochemical for the treatment of cancer, researchers examined the cytotoxicity of tocopherols and their quinones in drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant leukemia cells.

According to the tested analysis,
* Among tocopherols, only delta-T exhibited cytotoxicity.

* Among para quinones, alpha-TQ showed no cytotoxicity, while gamma-TQ and delta-TQ were highly cytotoxic in both CEM and CEM/VLB100 cell lines (LD50 < 10 muM).

* Delta-TQ and gamma-TQ were more cytotoxic than the widely studied chemotherapeutic agent doxorubicin, which also showed selective cytotoxicity to CEM cells.

* Compared to doxorubicin, the orthoquinone Tocored was less cytotoxic than doxorubicin in drug-sensitive cells but more cytotoxic than doxorubicin in multidrug-resistant cells.

* Cytotoxicity was not a function of the phytyl side-chain since both TMCQ and PR were cytotoxic in leukemia cells.

* Cytotoxicity was enhanced when the glutathione pool was depleted by preincubation with buthionine-[S,R]-sulfoximine, but cytotoxicity was diminished by the addition of N-acetylcysteine to cultures. alpha-T also diminished the cytotoxicity of para- and orthoquinones.

Collectively, researchers said, "tocopheryl quinones represent a new class of alkylating electrophilic quinones that function as highly cytotoxic agents and escape multidrug resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell lines".

Taken altogether, tocopherols may process cytotoxic activity against cancer, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of tocopherols in the form of supplements should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.


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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
Named TOP 50 MEDICAL ESSAYS FOR ARTISTS & AUTHORS TO READ by Disilgold.com Named 50 of the best health Tweeters Canada - Huffington Post
Nominated for shorty award over last 4 years
Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bioscience, ISSN 0975-6299.

Sources
(1) Cytotoxicity of tocopherols and their quinones in drug-sensitive and multidrug-resistant leukemia cells by Cornwell DG1, Jones KH, Jiang Z, Lantry LE, Southwell-Keely P, Kohar I,
Thornton DE. (PubMed)