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Table 5.1
Major Supplements for Cancer Prevention and Treatment |
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Specific Uses and Interactions |
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Anticarcinogenic; immunostimulating |
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Protects against lung and throat cancer |
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Antioxidant; inhibits carcinogenesis |
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Protects against leukemia, myeloma, and cervical, breast, lung, prostate, pancreatic, throat, and colon cancers |
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Antioxidant; reduces cellular lipid peroxidation; stimulates immune system |
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Protects against skin, prostate, and colon cancers |
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Antioxidant; inhibits carcinogen formation; important in collagen synthesis and glutathione activity |
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Protects against cancers of lung, larynx, esophagus, stomach, pancreas; protects skin and bones from effects of radiation |
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Inhibits/reduces proliferative effects of estrogren in breast cancer and testosterone in prostate cancer |
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Prevents colon, breast, and prostate cancer |
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Vitamin K (nontoxic form) |
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Antihemorrhagic; tumor analgesic; cancer inhibitor |
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Coenzyme B6 (pyridoxal-5-
phosphate) |
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Reduces cell growth; inhibits protein tyrosine kinase |
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Prevents melanoma and neuropathy |
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