The red dates that Chinese people are familiar with are expected to become "anti-cancer stars." Recently, researchers at the Royal Society of Chemistry found that certain chemicals in red dates can cause "suicide reactions" in cancer cells of lung cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer, thereby destroying the structure of tumors.

The research team exposed human lung cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer cells to eight compounds extracted from red dates, and found that four of them reduced the survival rate of these cancer cells, and three compounds caused cancer cells to Changes, which in turn destroy the cell structure and cause it to die.

Nutritional analysis shows that jujube is rich in vitamin C, and there is a high concentration of natural antioxidant vitamin E. The average calorie of each jujube is only 8 kcal, and there are 18 of 24 amino acids, which can help protein formation in the body. repair. There is a saying in China that "the eclipse has three dates, and the age of 100 is not old." Red dates are not only delicious, but also good for health. However, since this experiment directly exposes cancer cells to jujube extract, it is not clear whether eating red dates helps prevent or treat cancer, and further research is needed to investigate how jujube compounds trigger cancer cell suicide reactions.