Tumorigenesis

Fungal Enzyme Slows Progression Via Antioxidant-Like Mechanism Of Action

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 3rd, 2001

A paper in the June 2001 issue of Microbiology reports on a novel enzyme produced by a fungus that can mop up oxygen radicals and slow down the early stages of tumor development.

We need oxygen to survive, but ironically oxygen also speeds up aging and can cause cancer. Highly reactive forms of oxygen known as oxygen radicals are produced in our bodies, and this leads to tissue damage and disease.

Scientists discovered the enzyme - a superoxide dismutase (SOD) - while working on the fungus Humicola lutea. The enzyme acts as an antioxidant, much like vitamin C, converting harmful oxygen radicals back to the safe form of molecular...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2001-07-03)

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