Avocado seeds could help treat cancer and heart disease says study
Researchers found that avocado seed husks contain a variety of chemical compounds that could help to kill viruses, combat heart problems, and even treat cancer.
Study co-author Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D., of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, and colleagues came to their findings by grinding down around 300 dried avocado seed husks, turning the residue into husk oil and wax and then analysing it to pinpoint the chemical compounds present.
Some compounds of particular interest in the seed husk oil were behenyl alcohol, dodecanoic acid, and heptacosane. Behenyl alcohol is used in antiviral medication, dodecanoic acid is known to boost "good" cholesterol, and heptacosane has shown promise for killing tumors.
source: medicalnewstoday.com
