A compound in garlic slows the spread of human lung cancer cells, according to researchers in the College of Health and Human Development .
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
The effectiveness of DATS was comparable to that of 5-fluorouracil, a widely used chemotherapy agent, Milner said. In addition, while DATS was effective against the lung cancer cells, it was considerably less toxic to healthy cells. The findings are the latest in a growing body of evidence that garlic can suppress human cancer cells, both in laboratory cultures and in test animals. Our studies and others have shown that compounds in garlic can block the initiation phase of cancer as well as the subsequent promotion phase. This page was created by Annemarie Mountz .