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Graviola and Cancer

Graviola contains hundreds of chemicals called acetogenins (ACGs). In lab tests, ACGs kill many types of cancer cells without harming healthy ones. They can treat tumors that haven’t responded to cancer medicines. 

ACGs seem to work in different ways to kill, block, or otherwise fight different types of cancers. The pathways include:

Cell death. Normally, old or damaged cells die naturally, a process called apoptosis. Cancerous cells often find a way to dodge this and to survive. Graviola leaf extracts may force cancer cells to go through normal cell death. More research is needed to determine whether graviola is an effective and safe cancer treatment. 

Block metastasis. This is another name fora cancer spread. Lab studies found that graviola extracts stopped cancer cells from growing and metastasizing.

Scramble signals. Cells receive messages from inside and outside the cell. Signaling pathways relay the messages. A mistake in one of these pathways can lead to cancer. Graviola blocks pathways that control the growth and life cycle of cancer cells.

ATP. Every cell in your body uses a compound called adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for energy. When graviola blocks ATP in cancer cells,  the cells die.

You shouldn’t use graviola in place of your regular cancer therapy. If you’d like to add it to medicine you already take, talk to your doctor.