This latest study which added prostate cancer cells to the list of cancers killed by pectin has at this point, only been studied in the laboratory and has not yet been tested in vivo (in living animals).
Pectin is a fiber which is found in fruits and vegetables and is on the grocery shelf for you to use to help jams and jellies to jell. Some fruits, such as apples, may have enough natural pectin so that you can make apple jelly without adding a packaged variety, such as the liquid Certo or the powdered Sure-Jell.
This gives new meaning to the saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
This latest research on the effects of pectin on prostate cancer cells was published in the journal, Glycobiology. The researchers, headed by Debra Mohnen, were from the University of GA and the VA Medical center in Augusta, GA.
A longer summary of this article can be found at http://www.uga.edu/news/artman/publish/070806_Pectin.shtml
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