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Latest research on ingredients that make chocolate, olive oil, tea healthful foods
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 11, 2013 — The scientific spotlight focuses today on the healthful antioxidant substances in red wine, dark chocolate, olive oil, coffee, tea, and other foods and dietary supplements that are enticing millions of consumers with the promise of a healthier, longer life. The American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, is holding a symposium on those substances during its 246th National Meeting & Exposition.
Reports in the symposium involve substances that consumers know best as "antioxidants," and that scientists term "phenolic derivatives." These ingredients, found naturally in certain foods and sold as dietary supplements, have been linked with health benefits that include reducing the risk of heart disease and cancer.
Entitled "Phenolic Derivatives for Food and Human Health," the symposium was held today. The meeting continues through Thursday in the Indiana Convention Center and downtown hotels. Thousands of scientists and others are expected for the meeting, which features almost 7,000 reports on new discoveries in science and other topics.
Among the topics:
The healthful effects of curcumin, found naturally in the spice, turmeric
Substances in dried ginger that kill cancer cells
How large intestine microbes interact with cranberry antioxidants in the diet
Using biotechnology to make more effective antioxidants
Abstracts in the symposium appear below.
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Abstracts
Antitumor activity of novel curcumin analogs in hepatocarcinoma (HepG2) cells
H.P.Vasantha Rupasinghe1, vrupasinghe@dal.ca, Khushwant S. Bhullar1, Dani Youssef3, Amitabh Jha2. (1) Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro, NS B2N 5E3, Canada, (2) Chemistry, Acadia University, Wolfwille, NS B4P 2R6, Canada, (3) Science, Université Sainte Anne, Church Point, NS B0W 1M0, Canada
Curcumin, a natural polyphenol of turmeric, continues to receive considerable attention as potent antioxidant and anti-cancer agent. Numerous analogues of curcumin have been synthesized and screened for their improved biological activities. An assessment of anticancer activities of curcumin and its novel 15 analogues was conducted in vitro. Various biochemical and toxicological techniques were employed to assess the therapeutic action of the synthetic novel curcumin analogs in comparison to curcumin and Sorafenib™ (a clinically approved drug). Inhibition of the cancer cell (HepG2) proliferation assessed by MTS assay showed that compound 2-[(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acryloyl]-6-[1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)meth-(E)-ylidene]-cyclohexanone exhibits the trongest anticancer activity compared to curcumin and Sorafenib™ (p END
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