2019年的研究中葡萄牙的Univesity of Minho所進行的動物實驗發現,注射褐藻醣膠可減少腫瘤血管新生,同時使腫瘤變小,因為癌細胞不會死亡、生長又快,需要大量的營養、氧氣,因此就會新生很多微血管來運輸養分,但褐藻多醣可以抑制這些新生的血管,阻斷癌細胞取得營養及氧氣,進而能抑制癌細胞的增生、轉移、擴散。
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