Olive Skins Provide Natural Defense Against Colon Cancer, Study Suggests
Date: 11.1.2009
Researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Barcelona have shown that treatment with **maslinic acid**, a triterpenoid compound isolated from olive-skin pomace, results in a significant inhibition of cell proliferation and causes apoptotic death in colon-cancer cells. Maslinic acid is a novel natural compound and it is able to induce apoptosis or programmed death in human HT29 **colon-cancer** cells via the intrinsic mitochondrial pathway.
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