New Study Recommends Omega-3 Fish Oils for Fighting Cancer Cells
New Study Strongly Recommends Omega-3 Fish Oils In The Fight Against Cancer …
The key Omege-3 Fatty Acid Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), naturally present in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumors and also enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects.
The controlled laboratory experiments provide additional support for the wealth of health benefits often ascribed to Omega-3 Acids from Salmon and cold water fish oils.
Researchers from Mansoura University, Egypt, who studied DHA’s effects on solid tumors growing in laboratory mice, as well as investigating how the specific Omega-3 fatty acid DHA interacts with cisplatin, a chemotherapy drug that is known to cause kidney damage. The lead researcher explained DHA elicited prominent chemo-preventive effects on its own, and appreciably augmented those of cisplatin as well. This important new study is the first to reveal that DHA can obliterate lethal cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity and renal tissue injury.
DHA is an Omega-3 fatty acid that is commonly found in cold-water fish oil, as well as some vegetable oils. It is a major component of brain gray matter and of the retina in most mammalian species and is considered essential for normal neurological and cellular developments.
According to the study’s authors, DHA has been tentatively linked with protection against cardiovascular, neurological and neoplastic diseases, however, there ‘s limited research information regarding its interactions with existing chemotherapy drugs.
The researchers discovered that, at the molecular level, DHA acts by reducing leukocytosis (white blood cell accumulation), systemic inflammation, and oxidative stress all processes that have been linked with tumor growth.
The researchers strongly recommend greater deployment of Omega-3 in the fight against cancer. They explain
“Our results suggest a new, fruitful drug regimen in the management of solid tumors based on combining cisplatin, and possibly other chemotherapeutics with DHA”.
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Journal reference:
M E Elmesery, M M Algayyar, H A Salem, M M Darweish and A M El-Mowafy. “Chemopreventive and renal protective effects for docosahexaenoic acid (DHA): implications of CRP and lipid peroxides.”
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