Helps Treat Cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most prevalent types of cancer. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation are viable options for treating CRC. Surgery must be performed when the illness is still in its preliminary stages. Numerous negative consequences have been linked to chemotherapy and radiation treatment, lowering patients’ quality of life. Natural compounds are being studied to fight the development and aiding of carcinoma at the same efficacy level without the same safety concerns.
On the other hand, potentially cancer-fighting properties have been found in krill oil. In studies, krill oil is as effective as oxaliplatin against cancer in living organisms. For advanced colon or rectum cancer cases, oxaliplatin is often the first therapy of choice. However, several gastrointestinal issues, cardiotoxicity, nephrotoxicity, and neurotoxicity, can arise as side effects.
Krill oil supplementation in the diet can be recommended as a therapeutic/adjunctive medication for treating CRC. The fatty acid extract has the potential to be an efficient chemotherapeutic agent for reducing cell proliferation and inducing apoptosis in CRC cells due to the presence of its bioactive constituent, EPA. Also, the extract has been shown to have anti-proliferative (suppressing growth of malignant cells) and pro-apoptotic effects.
