When people eat, they ingest the nucleic acids that reside in all living things. The compounds in these acids could inhibit the growth of cancer cells, according to findings published in PLOS ONE by Osaka Metropolitan University Associate Professor Akiko Kojima-Yuasa of the Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology and colleagues.
Compounds from nucleic acids in food show anticancer effects retrieved 29 August 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-08-compounds-nucleic-acids-food-anticancer.html
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