When stomach-digested adzuki bean sprouts with good bacteria are added to stomach cancer cells in a dish, they slow down the cells' movement even at very low doses, and increasing the dose doesn’t make it work any better.

Scientific Claim

Gastric digests of adzuki bean sprouts enriched with Lactobacillus plantarum 299v reduce AGS human gastric carcinoma cell motility by approximately 25% at a concentration of 0.05‰, demonstrating dose-independent cytostatic effects.

Original Statement

“Adzuki bean sprout extracts exerted short-term inhibitory effects on AGS viability already at low concentrations, i.e., ca. 25% inhibition of AGS motility was observed in the presence of the 0.05‰ extract from both the control and probiotic-rich sprouts.”

From study:Potentially Bioaccessible Phenolics from Mung Bean and Adzuki Bean Sprouts Enriched with Probiotic—Antioxidant Properties and Effect on the Motility and Survival of AGS Human Gastric Carcinoma Cells

Evidence Quality Assessment

Claim Status

appropriately stated

Study Design Support

Design supports claim

Appropriate Language Strength

definitive

Can make definitive causal claims

Assessment Explanation

The study directly measured and quantified motility inhibition under controlled in vitro conditions with statistical validation (p ≤ 0.05), allowing definitive language for the observed effect.

Evidence from Studies

Supporting (1)

Potentially Bioaccessible Phenolics from Mung Bean and Adzuki Bean Sprouts Enriched with Probiotic—Antioxidant Properties and Effect on the Motility and Survival of AGS Human Gastric Carcinoma Cells

Cross-Sectional Study

In Vitro

The study found that a special digest from adzuki bean sprouts with good bacteria slowed down stomach cancer cells by about 25% at a very low dose, just like the claim says.

Contradicting (0)

No contradicting evidence found

Source Study

Potentially Bioaccessible Phenolics from Mung Bean and Adzuki Bean Sprouts Enriched with Probiotic—Antioxidant Properties and Effect on the Motility and Survival of AGS Human Gastric Carcinoma Cells

Score: 6

DOI: 10.3390/molecules25132963

Similar Assertions

The digested juice from adzuki bean sprouts can stop about 70% of stomach cancer cells from multiplying at a very small dose—much more than what mung bean sprouts can do at the same level.

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At low doses, digested adzuki bean sprouts stop stomach cancer cells from multiplying in a way that gets stronger with more dose—but at higher doses, this effect stops increasing and levels off.

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When stomach cancer cells are exposed to high doses of digested adzuki bean sprouts, their nuclei change shape to become round or oval—this is a known sign that the cells are starting to die.

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The digested juice from mung bean sprouts doesn’t really slow down stomach cancer cells much, except in a narrow middle range of doses—too little or too much doesn’t do anything.

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The amount of plant chemicals in the digested sprouts is similar to what people naturally have in their blood after eating foods rich in these compounds.

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