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Jasmine Flower Extract an Anti Cancer Treatment
Prof. Eliezer Flescher and his fellow researchers from The Sackler Faculty of Medicine in Tel Aviv have developed an anti cancer drug derived from the sweet smelling jasmine flower.
After a decade of research into the compound jasmonate extracted from the jasmine flower, Flescher and his research team are hopeful that an anti cancer drug based on jasmonate could be on the shelf in America within four years.
Initial human studies have proved successful with blood cancers and solid tumors responding to the jasmonate compound.
Results from preliminary research from Flescher and other research teams have shown methyl jasmonate to be a promising candidate for the treatment of prostate cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer and leukemia.
1. Flescher E. Tel Aviv University researchers are combating cancer with a jasmine-based drug. American Friends of Tel Aviv University.
2. Yeruva L, Pierre KJ, Carper SW, Elegbede JA, Toy BJ, Wang RC. Jasmonates induce apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in non-small cell lung cancer lines. Exp Lung Res. 2006 Nov-Dec;32(10):499-516. PMID: 17169856.
3. Flescher E. Jasmonates--a new family of anti-cancer agents. Anticancer Drugs. 2005 Oct;16(9):911-6. PMID: 16162967.
4. Ezekwudo DE, Wang RC, Elegbede JA. Methyl jasmonate induced apoptosis in human prostate carcinoma cells via 5-lipoxygenase dependent pathway. J Exp Ther Oncol. 2007;6(4):267-77. PMID: 18038760.
5. Yeruva L, Elegbede JA, Carper SW. Methyl jasmonate decreases membrane fluidity and induces apoptosis through tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 in breast cancer cells. Anticancer Drugs. 2008 Sep;19(8):766-76. PMID: 18690087.
6. Kniazhanski T, Jackman A, Heyfets A, Gonen P, Flescher E, Sherman L. Methyl jasmonate induces cell death with mixed characteristics of apoptosis and necrosis in cervical cancer cells. Cancer Lett. 2008 Jul 1. PMID: 18599197.
7. Ishii Y, Kiyota H, Sakai S, Honma Y. Induction of differentiation of human myeloid leukemia cells by jasmonates, plant hormones. PMID: 15229618.
8. Photograph of jasminum polyanthum by KENPEI licensed under Creative Commons
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