Chewing gum can clear oral carcinogens

Technology report () message: chewing gum can make fresh oral odours, protecting your teeth, or even if you believe that commercial publicity, chewing gum will make you welcome everywhere. However, Finland's scientists have a hope: chewing gum has a more ambitious objective is to help people avoid the risk of cancer. This kind of chewing gum to slowly release the drug, clear the mouth of carcinogens.

In fact, Finland's scientists have developed a kouxiang Tang, which contains a compound that these compounds can removal of a substance called acetaldehyde and acetaldehyde can cause mouth cancer, esophageal and gastric cancer. Anti-cancer chewing gum in the active substance called cysteine is a substance that can prevent cancer, can you chewing gum is slowly released. Helsinki University scientists Meeker · salaspuro and his colleagues Marty · Ma Wola came up with this wonderful idea, salaspuro said, this kind of chewing gum in the anti-cancer substances can help most of at-risk populations, such as smokers and alcoholics, in developed countries, 80% of the oral cavity, oesophagus and stomach cancer and smoking and drinking.

Smoking and alcohol can increase oral and gastrointestinal tract of acetaldehyde, as protein composition of cysteine can and acetaldehyde, eliminate acetaldehyde, but salaspuro but pointed out that simply to eat foods rich in protein or taking cysteine tablets, effective components did not directly effective role in the correct position. He said: "the food of cysteine is usually only in the small intestine release, but it's too late, the fact that the correct release point should be in the saliva or gastric juice. ”

New gum aims need free cysteine, researchers have developed a slow release of cysteine, chewing gum, including in the mouth can clear the mouth of acetaldehyde. In Grado Italy held the International Conference on oral cancer, salaspuro and his colleagues presented their new gum, chewing gum by Finland of Biohit manufacturing company. Salaspuro said: "make this kind of chewing gum to be easy, but requires further testing it tastes. ”

However, health experts warn that, even if the gum is a success, but it cannot replace you develop good habits, London United Kingdom Cancer Institute spokeswoman Carter · Anita said, the best way to prevent cancer is a non-smoking. Acetaldehyde is in cigarettes cause cancer of the chemical substance, preparation of Finland scientists this new chewing gum but does not eliminate all the harmful chemical substances, nor can eliminate smoking on lung damage. Anish said that lung cancer death rate accounted for 25% of cancer mortality, and lung cancer deaths in the 90% are caused by smoking. She said: "chewing gum are not helpful in preventing lung cancer. Finland scientists think very well, and I believe that people will buy this kind of chewing gum, but this effect is doubtful. ”