By : At : Fri 3 Apr 2009
A team of scientists from the University, "Cambridge," British learned that a new drug from the fruits of tomato could protect against the risk of heart disease and stroke seizures.
And Dr. Peter J. Kirkpatrick, a member of the Scientific Group in a statement reported by the BBC today / Tuesday / to the new drug substance containing lycopene effective resistance to the type of cholesterol (LDL) harmful.
He explained that one of the companies operating in the area of bio-technology, the development of a drug (Atironon) will be put on the market for the drug supplement diet.
Says Dr. Peter Kirkpatrick, who will oversee the further research on the Atironon, the new drug could be more effective than drugs prescribed by doctors to address the high cholesterol levels.
The initial tests, conducted on 150 patients of heart disease, and the results showed that the new drug Shetty said the ability to reduce harmful fats in the blood to nearly zero within eight weeks.
Said Professor Peter Weisberg, of the British Heart Association, "As usual, we would caution people to wait in connection with any new drug or product to be a natural rate of laboratory testing."
Weisberg adds that the test will require the new property for some time, and many laboratory experiments
