Drink Tea To Ward Off Cancer?
"Dear A Moment Of Science, Can you settle a debate between my friend and me? She says that green tea has some magic property that fights cancer. I say this is bogus. What’s the scoop?"
Well, it’s not magic, but it can help in the fight against cancer. Studies have shown that people who drink green tea develop fewer cancerous tumors, and animal studies also support this idea. Some researchers at Purdue University have a guess why.
Green tea contains a powerful antioxidant called EGCg, whose full name is just too darn long to write out. But this chemical seems to counteract an enzyme called quinol-oxidase. That’s an enzyme cancer cells need in order to reproduce. When they can’t reproduce, cancerous cells die off instead of becoming dangerous.
Green tea isn’t the only beverage that contains EGCg; black tea has it as well, just not as much of it. Again, there’s no magic pill for avoiding cancer. Drinking green tea may be a good counter-measure, but bear in mind that it takes a lot to get the possible benefit. And of course there is the old stand-by good-health stuff: diet and exercise.
译文:
亲爱的科学一刻,您能否解决我和朋友之间的一场争论么?她说绿茶具有抗癌的魔力,我觉得这不切实际。事实的真相到底如何呢?
它当然没有魔力,但是的确有助于抗癌。研究显示,喝绿茶的人激发恶性肿瘤较少,动物研究也支持这一说法。普渡大学的一些研究者对此进行了猜想。
绿茶包含了一种有效的抗氧化物茶多酚,这里就不赘述其冗长的全名了。但这种化合物似乎可以抑制苯二酚氧化酶。复制癌细胞需要用到这种酶。若癌细胞无法复制,它们就会消亡从而不(对人体)造成威胁。
绿茶并非唯一含有茶多酚的饮料;红茶也包含这种物质,只是没那么多。再次澄清一下,没有避免癌症的神奇药片。喝绿茶可能是一个好对策,但记住,这可需要喝很多才能起效。当然,还得佐以老生常谈的健康措施:均衡饮食,合理运动。
PS: (EGCG)全称为“表没食子儿茶素没食子酸酯”是绿茶中最有效的抗氧化多酚,具有抗氧化、抗癌、抗突变等活性。抗氧化活性至少是维生素C的100多倍,是维生素E的25倍,能够保护细胞和DNA受损害,这种损害相信与癌症、心脏疾病和其他重大疾病有关,EGCG的这些功效归结于他们对氧自由基的清除(抗氧化 )能力。宝利肤旅美医学专家在研究中发现,EGCG虽无法透过表皮,但它可为表皮层最外部的细胞提供能量,使细胞再度分裂、分化、增强其活性,从而使皮肤表面的状态得以改善。因为自绿茶提取而来,还兼有溶解脂肪、化浊去油的功效。EGCG是绿茶茶多酚的主要组成成分,也是绿茶儿茶素类的主成分,它占绿茶儿茶素类总量的10-15%,儿茶素类包括EGCG, EGC, ECG, EC, ECG等,其中抗氧化活性依次为 EC<ECG<EGC<EGCG。许多研究表明EGCG具有抗自由基DNA损害,抗辐射和紫外线,阻止油脂过氧化,减少血清中低密度胆固醇、超低密度胆固醇和甘油三酯的含量,干扰癌细胞生存所需的信号传递,抑制饮食中的致癌物质,与肠、肝、和肺中的其他酶和抗氧化剂作用共同阻止某些致癌物质的活力,清除自由基,抵御污染、日晒和吸烟的影响,防治皮肤老化和起皱。 ——百度百科
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