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Breast Cancer
HSDB contained at least two constituents that counteract mammary carcinogenesis
January 5th, 2006
HSDB contained at least two constituents that counteracted mammary carcinogenesis. "The effect of the heat-dried product of Shochu distillery by-products (HSDB) derived from sweet potato on mammary carcinogenesis in rats was investigated. HSDB was fed at 2.5 or 5% of the total feed weight," scientists writing in the journal Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry report. T. Sasaki and colleagues at the Tokyo University Agriculture determined, "Dietary HSDB at the 5% level suppressed the incidence and number of tumors, and delayed the latency of mammary tumor development relative to the control diet. Experiments were conducted to determine...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-05)
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