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THE experts in the UK is currently developing a kind of purple tomato that is claimed to have avail inhibit cancer cell growth. New types of tomatoes from crossing this gene is believed to contain many experts antioxidant pigment called anthocyanin which plays an important role dispel tumors and cancer.
As reported to the journal, Nature Biotechnology, scientists from John Innes Centre, Norwich, succeeded in creating a new type of tomato variants with the combination of genes from the Snapdragon flower or magi Antirrhinum.
Snapdragon flower is known as one of the plants, which are rich in anthocyanins, substances that are also found in various types of dark berries such as blackberry, cranberry and chokeberry.
In recent research, tomato genetically engineered and tested in mice in the laboratory. The result, groups of mice with cancer who are given a purple tomato survived significantly longer than mice with the standard diet group, whether given or not given a regular tomato.
"The effect was larger than we expected," said lead researcher Cathie Martin, who also plant biologists.
Martin added, although fruits such as blackberries or blackcurrants nutritious prevent cancer, heart disease or neurological disorders, but not many people who eat them.
With that fact, the experts tried to create tomatoes that contain a lot of anthocyanins with the help of Snapdragon flower genes. In the process, experts said the red tomato that is usually changed to purple.
The experts also said the trial was against human tomatoes still can not be done in the near future. The next target is to examine how the content of antioxidants in purple tomatoes can actually affect the growth of tumor cells in order to improve the quality of healthcare.
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