Plum liquid effect is a natural medicine for diarrhea and constipation. It helps to evacuate the stubborn stool, expel internal toxins and cleans the blood. It also treats hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are soft venous lumps resulting from the distention and buckling of vein plexus underneath the rectum terminal mucous membrane and anal canal skin.
Hemorrhoids can cause intense itching, burning, stinging and pain while sitting or going to the toilet. The most common types of hemorrhoids are external, internal, and vulva hemorrhoids. Internal hemorrhoids are characterized by painful, itchy swelling of the veins in the rectal canal and anal canal area. The most common type of hemorrhoids is internal and is characterized by pain while passing stool or urinating. Hemorrhoids are also a common problem among pregnant women.
The high amount of phenolic compounds present in plums, especially polyphenols, can protect against the development of colorectal cancer. Plums have a strong anti-oxidant activity that can prevent oxidative stress in the colon. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of methanol extracts and water extracts of plum skin and pulp on the proliferation of colon-26 cells.
Our results showed that the methanol extract of plum skin was more effective than water extracts in inhibiting the growth of colon-26 cells. The methanol extract of plum skin also had higher oxygen scavenging activities than the water and the commercial preparation PE60.
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Our findings suggest that methanol extract of plum skin is able to effectively inhibit the proliferation of colon-26 cell lines and therefore, may be useful for the prevention of colorectal cancer. However, further studies are needed to determine the optimal concentration of methanolic plum extracts for the treatment of colon cancer and to identify other active substances in plums that can enhance the anti-proliferative activity. This would help to develop new dietary strategies for the prevention and treatment of colon cancer in humans.