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Organic strawberries inhibit cancer cells
New research finds that organically grown strawberries inhibit cancer cell division more effectively than conventionally grown ones.
Swedish researchers at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, and Lund University compared extracts of five organic and conventional cultivars for their ability to inhibit the proliferation of human colon and breast cancer cells.
Results found that at the highest concentration, the organic extracts inhibited proliferation of colon cancer (HT29) cells by 60 percent and breast cancer (MCF-7) cells by 53.1 percent, (conventional strawberry extracts were 49.7 percent and 37.9 percent respectively).
The researchers suggested the benefits of organically grown foods relate to activating the plant's defence mechanisms to synthesize its own protective agents because synthetic pesticides are excluded.
