Daejeon University Seoul Oriental Hospital East-West Cancer Center Dong-West Cancer Center The research team of Professor Yu-Seung (Soo-Dam Kim, Eun-Bin Kwak) has published a research paper demonstrating the effectiveness of ginger in improving nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy in breast cancer patients. International Journal of Molecular Sciences) (IF: 6,208) announced on the 26th. The study was conducted in collaboration with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States.
Ginger has been used to treat nausea and vomiting for over 2,000 years as one of the leading herbal medicines used in oriental medicine. This is because powerful antioxidants such as gingerol and shogaol, the main components of ginger, inhibit the serotonin receptor (5-HT3), a neurotransmitter that causes nausea and vomiting in the central and peripheral nervous systems.
In addition, gingerol, an important component of ginger, has excellent anticancer effects in inhibiting the proliferation and metastasis of breast cancer cells.
Researchers Soodam Kim and Eunbin Kwak, who participated as first authors, said: “Taking ginger without side effects may be a safe and effective option for managing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in cancer patients. breast. It is significant in that it has laid the foundations that can lead to the development of things “.
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