| A recent study suggested that eating tomatoes and | | | | effective and finasteride is least effective in slowing |
| broccoli together can enhance the anti-cancer | | | | the tumor growth. |
| potentency possessed by tomatoes and broccoli. | | | | Tomatoes are known for its anti-cancer properties. |
| In the study, rats were injected with human prostate | | | | Lycopene is believed to be the major active |
| tumors. And they were fed powdered tomato and | | | | component in tomatoes that is responsible for the |
| dried broccoli. Used also in the study was finasteride, | | | | anti-cancer activity. |
| a drug that shows to slow the benign growth of the | | | | Anti-cancer bioactivity has been reported in broccoli. |
| prostate. | | | | It's believed that glucosinolates may be responsible. |
| The study found that the rats use diets with | | | | The study was conducted by Dr. John Erdman and |
| tomatoes and or broccoli get the smaller tumors. The | | | | colleagues at University of Illinois at |
| diet with both tomatoes and broccoli is most | | | | Urbana-Champaign. |