A compound found in dehydrated tomatoes may help quash prostate cancer tumours, new animal research suggests.
Researchers believe that FruHis, a form of carbohydrate found in dehydrated tomatoes, may inhibit the initial
development of prostate tumours.
Past studies have come to conflicting conclusions as to whether tomatoes or lycopene, an antioxidant found in tomatoes, might offer prostate cancer protection, with one recent study finding no correlation between men’s blood levels of lycopene and their risk of prostate cancer.
However, the new findings, reported in the journal Cancer Research, suggest that the processing of the tomato may be a key factor. More…
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