We've always known that Vitamin E contains antioxidant and also anti-cancer properties but mostly the latter being at most speculative except for some minor breakthroughs. That however is about to change. Recently, Researchers at Ohio State University has proven in laboratory tests that by altering a derivative of Vitamin E, it improved its ability of killing cancer cells by up to 10 times! Ohio State Research News has more on this magnificient breakthrough:
COLUMBUS , Ohio - Researchers here have learned how a derivative of vitamin E causes the death of cancer cells. The researchers then used that knowledge to make the agent an even more potent cancer killer.
The compound, called vitamin E succinate, or alpha tocopheryl succinate, is taken by some people as a nutritional supplement, mainly for its antioxidant properties. In addition, it has a weak ability to kill cancer cells, and it has been tested as a cancer chemopreventive agent.
The substance kills cancer cells by causing them to undergo a natural process known as programmed cell death, or apoptosis. Until now, no one knew how the agent caused this to happen. [...]
