Southampton, Inggris, Beberapa jenis makanan sehari-hari menyimpan khasiat untuk mengobati penyakit sehingga dijuluki makanan super atau superfood. Penemuan terbaru, selada air (watercress) ternyata juga ampuh menghambat pertumbuhan sel kanker.
Selada air merupakan jenis tanaman yang tumbuh mengapung di air, tersebar di seluruh daratan Eropa dan Asia. Sering dikonsumsi sebagai sayur tumis dan rasanya agak mirip dengan kangkung atau bayam.
Selain kaya akan serat, baru-baru ini tim peneliti dari Southampton University mengungkap bahwa sayuran ini mengandung senyawa antikanker. Dalam pengujian terhadap sejumlah relawan, senyawa itu terbukti ampuh menghambat pertumbuhan kanker payudara.
Dikutip dari Telegraph, Senin (23/8/2010), uji coba itu dilakukan terhadap 4 partisipan wanita. Dalam sampel darah partisipan yang diamati selama 6 jam setelah mengkonsumsi selada air, tampak penurunan aktivitas senyawa yang membantu pertimbuhan kanker yakni protein 4E.
Penurunan tersebut diduga merupakan efek dari isothiocyanate, salah satu senyawa yang terkandung di dalam selada air. Akan tetapi mekanisme isothiocyanate dalam menghambat pembentukan protein 4E maupun pertumbuhan kanker itu sendiri masih belum diketahui pasti.
Dalam kesimpulan sementara yang dipublikasikan dalam British Journal of Nutrition, peneliti juga mengungkap bahwa selada air juga tidak hanya menghambat pertumbuhan kanker. Bagi yang sudah pernah sembuh dari kanker, mengkonsumsi 80 gram atau 1 porsi sayuran ini setiap hari diklaim dapat mencegah kekambuhan.
Akan tetapi seorang peneliti dari Cancer Research di Inggris, Hazel Nunn berpendapat bahwa terlalu dini untuk menyimpulkan hal itu. Menurutnya, temuan itu masih harus dikembangkan dengan mengujikan khasiat sayuran tersebut pada kelompok yang lebih luas.
(Sumber: www.health.detik.com)
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