Scientists from Singapore, together with their colleagues from Taiwan, conducted a study that showed that aristolochic acids, an element that is mandatory in Chinese medicine, causes hepatocellular carcinoma, according to Pannochka, an online publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old.. net It is worth noting that these acids are part of the vines of the genus Aristolochia - kirkazon. Back in 2003, it was revealed that they develop kidney failure and cause tumors in the urinary tract..

The authors of the work decided to find patients with hepatocellular carcinoma from the United States of America, China, Canada, Taiwan and from several countries of the European Union in tumor cells.. This type of liver cancer develops much more often than urinary tract cancer..

It turned out that acids caused cancer in 76 percent of 98.

In addition, such a component is able to launch cancer cells and other types of diseases..

Plants of the genus Aristolochia are often used in traditional Chinese medicine for childbirth, for the rapid healing of scratches and for the process of removing parasites from the human body..

However, a new study has helped establish that the plant does much more harm to the human body than good, so it should be withdrawn from sale, the authors of the work conclude..

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