Black Raspberries: Potential Source of Anti-Skin Cancer Agent
Black raspberries could be the next treatment against sunburn and skin cancer.
Topical compound made of black raspberries has been found to significantly slow the growth of squamous cell carcinomas of the skin in mice exposed to ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation.
Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation is the most dangerous light in the solar spectrum; it inflames the skin causing sunburns and has long been believed to be the cause of most of the non-melanoma skin cancers.
According to the research team from Ohio State University Medical Center who conducted the study on black raspberries and skin cancer, the anthacayanins in the extract of black raspberries (freeze-dried, ground up and suspended in KY jelly in their experiment) significantly reduced inflammatory damage to the skin and reduced tumor growth and spread.
According to Dr. Anne VanBuskirk, an assistant professor of surgery in Ohio State’s College of Medicine and senior author of the study:
“These results are provocative. If repeated studies bear out these findings, it could mean that one day we may be seeing a topical gel that could be used after you get sunburned – one that not only eases pain, but also lessens any sun damage you might have already suffered.”
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