The Benefit of Bitter Melon For Cancer.

Hi,everyone,
I am a lover of eating Bitter melon,It fits my personal belief ( not Proven) that most of the bitter fruits and vegetables do have different degree of ability to fight inflammation in our body. Try to slice one or two medium size of bitter melon to pieces and add soy sauce and garlic first to the hot pan with 1-2 teaspoonful of oil,then cook and stir fried them to medium done,then mix with slices of chicken or fish separately cooked already. But if you can get black bean paste in a jar from places other than “Made in China”; then try to replace soy sauce with it and add salt to taste ; To me , it is my favorite dish .
see link below for benefit too after the article.

“Carcinogenesis. 2013 Mar 14. [Epub ahead of print]
Bitter melon juice activates cellular energy sensor AMP-activated protein kinase causing apoptotic death of human pancreatic carcinoma cells.
Kaur M, Deep G, Jain AK, Raina K, Agarwal C, Wempe MF, Agarwal R.
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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and.
Abstract

Prognosis of pancreatic cancer is extremely poor, suggesting critical needs for additional drugs to improve disease outcome. In this study, we examined efficacy and associated mechanism of a novel agent bitter melon juice (BMJ) against pancreatic carcinoma cells both in culture and nude mice. BMJ anticancer efficacy was analyzed in human pancreatic carcinoma BxPC-3, MiaPaCa-2, AsPC-1 and Capan-2 cells by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazole-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide, cell death enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and annexin/propidium iodide assays. BMJ effect on apoptosis regulators was assessed by immunoblotting. In vivo BMJ efficacy was evaluated against MiaPaCa-2 tumors in nude mice, and xenograft was analyzed for biomarkers by immunohistochemistry (IHC). Results showed that BMJ (2-5% v/v) decreases cell viability in all four pancreatic carcinoma cell lines by inducing strong apoptotic death. At molecular level, BMJ caused caspases activation, altered expression of Bcl-2 family members and cytochrome-c release into the cytosol. Additionally, BMJ decreased survivin and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein but increased p21, CHOP and phosphorylated mitogen-activated protein kinases (extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and p38) levels. Importantly, BMJ activated adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK), a biomarker for cellular energy status, and an AMPK inhibitor (Compound C) reversed BMJ-induced caspase-3 activation suggesting activated AMPK involvement in BMJ-induced apoptosis. In vivo, oral administration of lyophilized BMJ (5mg in 100 µl water/day/mouse) for 6 weeks inhibited MiaPaCa-2 tumor xenograft growth by 60% (P < 0.01) without noticeable toxicity in nude mice. IHC analyses of MiaPaCa-2 xenografts showed that BMJ also inhibits proliferation, induces apoptosis and activates AMPK in vivo. Overall, BMJ exerts strong anticancer efficacy against human pancreatic carcinoma cells, both in vitro and in vivo, suggesting its clinical usefulness. PMID:
23475945
[PubMed –

also
http://www.jewishterrorism.com/bitter-melon-juice-potently-suppresses-pancreatic-cancer-growth-with-no-side-effects/

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