- BROMELAIN MANUFACTURED FROM PINEAPPLE IS A NATURAL MEDECINE AGAINST CANCER

A decade ago, Africabiz Online dedicated a series to tropical fruits as per following links: [34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46] - the last five listed concerning pineapple.

Current delivery revisits the pineapple's issues [42, 43, 44, 45, 46] to highlight the importance of pineapple cultivation as an income building power for African communities and nations.

Indeed, pineapple cultivation/ production can be a strong basis to entering food enzymes industry (beverages and processed food stuffs,) to establishing a strong pharmaceuticals industry based on natural raw materials.

In 1972, the first scientific study about the benefits to using pineapple enzyme (bromelain) for the medical treatment of a host of human diseases had been published by nutritionist Dr. Gregory S. Kelly.

Researchers published, in 2007, in the Journal Planta Medica, a study that found that an enzyme extracted from pineapple stems known as bromelain was superior to the chemo-agent 5-fluorauracil in treating cancer in the animal model.

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