Home Categories » Archives » Advertise About Us [Max field length is unknown] Grape Seed Extract Outperforms Chemo in Killing Advanced Cancer Cells Health, Healthy eating, Home, News, prevention of cancer, world truth August 29, 2013 0 Comments Share This Article 5 Share on Facebook diggShare on TumblrShare via email grapesbunch1-265x165 Patients with colorectal cancer may benefit from the cancer-growth-inhibiting power of grape seed extract. Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center report that the more aggressive the cancer cells are, the more effective the grape extract works at targeting and stopping the growth. Grape seed extract is amazing in that it attacks the cancer cells but leaves the healthy cells untouched. This is a departure from conventional cancer treatments that destroy all of the cells in an attempt to stop the spread of cancer.

1. Grape Seed Extract Outperforms Chemo
in Killing Advanced Cancer Cells
Patients with colorectal cancer may benefit from the cancer-growth-inhibiting power of grape seed
extract. Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center report that the more aggressive
the cancer cells are, the more effective the grape extract works at targeting and stopping the growth.
Grape seed extract is amazing in that it attacks the cancer cells but leaves the healthy cells
untouched. This is a departure from conventional cancer treatments that destroy all of the cells in an
attempt to stop the spread of cancer.
Actually, the power of grape seed extract seems quite remarkable in this research, which was
published in the journal Cancer Letters. Molly Derry, a doctoral candidate in the lab of Rajesh
Agarwal, PhD, and investigator at the CU Cancer Center and her team saw that while doses of
chemotherapy only increase with more severe cancer cases, such as a stage IV instead of stage II,
the amount of grape seed extract required actually decreased.
Derry explained:
“It required less than half the concentration of GSE to suppress cell growth and kill 50 percent of
stage IV cells than it did to achieve similar results in the stage II cells.”
“We’ve known for quite a while that the bioactive compounds in grape seed extract selectively
target many types of cancer cells. This study shows that many of the same mutations that allow
colorectal cancer cells to metastasize and survive traditional therapies make them especially
sensitive to treatment with GSE.”
Amazing Grapes
One of many berry types, grapes were introduced to America over 300 years ago. There are over

2. 8,000 grape varieties with the main types being American and European. With only 100 calories per
cup, grapes are a great source of vitamins K and C and are loaded with antioxidants.
Grape seed extract is made from the seed of the grape and is beneficial for a number of
cardiovascular conditions such as poor circulation and high cholesterol. The extract has also been
found useful in the treatment of diabetes-related eye disease, loss of vision due to aging, and
swelling associated with injury. Currently, GSE is being studied in the treatment of leukemia and
Alzheimer’s disease.
Interestingly, past research also points to berries as a solution for colorectal cancer and many other
cancers. In one study, the growth of new tumors in mice fed black raspberry decreased by 45
percent and the total number of tumors went down 60 percent. Other research found that foods rich
in flavanols (berries, grapes, apples) also reduces the risk of colon cancer. Advanced Cancer and
Grape Seed Extract
The bioactive compounds in grape seed extract selectively target many types of cancer cells. With
an increase in colorectal cancer, the findings of this study are timely. By the time most people are
diagnosed with the disease, it is in the advanced stages. But thankfully, as mentioned, researchers
found that it required less grape seed extract to kill advanced cancer cells than it did cells in the
early stage. It is thought that the extract kills cancer cells by a process of oxidative stress.