Discover the surprising power of garlic related to cancer

This bacterium has developed various defense mechanisms against stomach acid and the immune system, making it difficult for the body to eliminate. This problem requires effective treatments.

The good news is that now, in a new study just published in the scientific journal Springer Nature, scientists have found a way that is a hundred times more effective in killing H. pylori than conventional methods, which is garlic, according to the medical news site News Medical.

Scientists have unexpectedly identified a compound with anti-H. pylori effects from garlic.

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Research by scientists from the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing has unexpectedly identified a compound with anti-H. pylori effects from garlic, called hydrogen polysulfide (H₂Sₙ, n≥2), instead of organic polysulfide.

Studies show that H₂Sₙ specifically inactivates H. pylori. However, garlic derivatives produce low levels of H₂Sₙ, limiting their effectiveness in treating H. pylori infections.

To address this problem, the team developed a process to convert polysulfides from garlic-derived organosulfur compounds into Fe₃S₄, increasing the amount of H₂Sₙ by 25–58 times.

Furthermore, further processing to adapt H₂Sₙ to the stomach significantly improved the treatment results, with a 250-fold increase in H. pylori eradication efficiency under gastric conditions, compared to conventional methods, according to News Medical.

Notably, this approach achieved faster H. pylori eradication than combination antibiotic therapy, without affecting the intestinal microflora.

These findings offer a promising alternative strategy to combat H. pylori infection.

In most cases, H. pylori infection does not cause cancer. But it can cause stomach cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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How dangerous is H. pylori bacteria?

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), H. pylori is the most common chronic bacterial infection and nearly two-thirds of people worldwide are infected with this bacteria, especially in low-income countries.

H. pylori does not cause any symptoms, however, it can cause chronic gastritis and stomach ulcers.

Worryingly, both the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the World Health Organization (WHO) classify H. pylori as a category 1 carcinogen — meaning there is enough scientific evidence to support the claim that it can cause cancer, according to Medical News Today.

In most cases, H. pylori infection does not cause cancer. But it can cause stomach cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma — a type of blood cancer, according to Cancer Research UK .

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