Component in olive oil kills cancer cells

ENN
Feb 16, 2015, 8:52 am28 pts
A Rutgers nutritional scientist and two cancer biologists at New York City’s Hunter College have found that an ingredient in extra-virgin olive oil kills a variety of human cancer cells without harming healthy cells.The ingredient is oleocanthal, a compound that ruptures a part of the cancerous cell,…

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