Triphala- a new hope for cure of pancreatic cancer

 
One of the most commonly used herbal formulations in India, 'triphala' has the    potential being a very effective weapon against pancreatic cancer. Latest findings of a research being carried out at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pensylvania, have shown that triphala prevented or significantly slowed down the growth of pancreatic cancerous cells implanted in mice.The study was carried out by a team led by Sanjay Srivastava, an assistant professor in pharmacology at the Pittsburgh University, and the results were presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research held on Los Angeles the other day "Triphala trigerred the cancerous cells to dies off and significantly reduced the size of tumors  without causing any toxic side effects" Srivastava said.

(The New Indian Express,20th April 2007)