Straight from the teapot, a golden anti-cancer brew - its tea time !

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Wanted to share this fascinating development - right here in Missouri !

 

Personally, I prefer Earl Grey but this seems to be a jewel of an idea and development !

 

A nice of cup - even, if a bit off in taste and color - has to be a plus over the routine chem methods and modes.....crg

 

"...Writing in the Journal of Materials Chemistry, the scientists said anticancer plant chemicals, or phytochemicals, found in tea safely turn gold salts into solid gold.." and piggy back on the gold to fight cancerous tumors ...

 

"...The anti-cancer chemicals found naturally in tea are the actual medicine that attack the tumour..."

 

"..Our discovery has provided a practical way to deliver cancer-fighting phytochemicals directly to tumour cells through gold nanoparticles...’

 

[the phytochemicals " ...coat the particles - aiding their route into breast and prostate cancer tumour cells... "

"...Dr Kattesh Katti, of the University of Missouri, said: ‘Throughout history, tea drinking has been directly attributed to a plethora of health benefits. This process allows the application of a 100 per cent green nanotechnology-based approach for the production of gold nanoparticles..."

Peace, Hugs, and Purrs, Carolyn Rose Goyda Missouri, USArosegojda

 

Straight from the teapot, a golden anti-cancer brew | Mail Online

Straight from the teapot, a golden anti-cancer brew

By Fiona MacraeLast updated at 10:38 AM on 25th March 2009

 

 

 

Teapots could be used to brew ‘golden’ anti-cancer drugs, scientists believe.

Researchers have used a pot of Darjeeling to turn gold salts into tiny particles of gold, capable of easing their way into cancerous cells.

The golden nanoparticles, each thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair, could be used to zap tumours, the U.S. researchers say.

The method is ‘greener’ than existing ways of making gold nanoparticles, with the only by-product being ‘some slightly dodgy-tasting gold tea’.

Writing in the Journal of Materials Chemistry, the scientists said anticancer plant chemicals, or phytochemicals, found in tea safely turn gold salts into solid gold, turning the purple-red tea pale yellow in the process.

They also coat the particles, aiding their route into breast and prostate cancer tumour cells.

Dr Kattesh Katti, of the University of Missouri, said: ‘Throughout history, tea drinking has been directly attributed to a plethora of health benefits. This process allows the application of a 100 per cent green nanotechnology-based approach for the production of gold nanoparticles.

 

‘Our discovery has provided a practical way to deliver cancer-fighting phytochemicals directly to tumour cells through gold nanoparticles.’

The anti-cancer chemicals found naturally in tea are the actual medicine that attack the tumour.

But they cannot do so without first binding to another substance that carries them. The gold nanoparticles serve this function.

They are created in the tea from larger gold salts, and then coat the phytochemicals in the tea.

This process aids the journey of the cancer-fighting chemicals into the tumour. Gold is good for this purpose because it stable even in small sizes, and does not break down.

This entire process is described in theoretical terms by researchers, and has been demonstrated in the lab. But it is not yet a ready-made medicine for cancer patients.

 

 

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