title: Are the ingredients extracted from fruits and vegetables superior to fruits and vegetables in cancer prevention?
abstract: A diet high in fruits and vegetables decreases the risk of various cancers. And recently, several ingredients extracted from fruits and vegetables are observed to have a protective effect against different cancers as well. Many of them have been allowed to enter clinical trial. Due to the fact that these ingredients possess not only a comparatively high purity and quantity, but also a potential economic value, it seems that they are superior to and could replace fresh vegetables and fruits in cancer prevention in the future. Herein, we proposed the hypothesis: the ingredients cannot take the place of fresh fruits and vegetables in cancer prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, PR China.
authors.forename: Yuhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yinbo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qibing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Mei
mesh_terms: D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014675:Vegetables