Cancer

New cancer study results reported from University of Insubria

Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 30th, 2008

According to a study from Busto Arsizio, Italy, "Essential oils from various aromatic plants have been reported to exert chemopreventive and/or antitumor effects. In addition, a number of studies have shown the ability of chemopreventive phytochemicals to increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to conventional anticancer drugs."

"The success of chemotherapeutic agents is often hindered by the development of drug resistance, with multidrug resistant (MDR) phenotypes reported in a number Of tumors, generally involving reduced intracellular drug accumulation due to increased drug efflux by membrane transporters. In the present study, the effects of linalool (LIN), a...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-30)

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