Prostate disease is a frequently occurring and common disease in men. Quercetin has a wide range of biological effects, with specific pharmacological effects promoting prostate health. This article will give you an overview of what quercetin can do for Prostate Cancer and Prostatitis.
Does Quercetin Fight Prostate Cancer?
Quercetin has broad anticancer activity. It has tumor suppressor properties alone or in combination with chemotherapy drugs. Its anticancer effects have been shown in prostate cancer (PCa). Comparing the diets of 433 men diagnosed with prostate cancer and 538 healthy men, men with the highest intake of quercetin had a 36% lower risk of PCa than men with the lowest intake. As a natural product, the specific effects of quercetin at reasonable doses on prostate cancer cells are as follows:
1. Inhibit cancer cell proliferation and promote apoptosis
2. Inhibits the invasion and migration of prostate cancer
3. Reversing drug resistance in prostate cancer
Can Quercetin Cure Prostatitis?
It is shown that quercetin has a good effect on treating non-bacterial prostatitis. It can relieve the symptoms of dysuria to a certain extent. It can prevent oxidative stress-induced cell damage and effectively inhibit the transcriptional activity of Cox-2 promoting factors, thereby reducing the production of pro-inflammatory substances.
Quercetin also prevents the production of polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolites by inhibiting polyunsaturated fatty acid metabolizing enzymes. These metabolites are associated with inflammatory disease and cancer progression, and quercetin for prostatitis treatment has similar anti-inflammatory effects.
Summary
Quercetin is a natural flavonoid with many physiological activities. Experiments and data confirmed that quercetin has benign effects in affecting cell cycle, promoting cell apoptosis, regulating cytokines, modifying genes and inducing protein expression. This shows that quercetin has broad application prospects in prostate diseases.