Do You Have CYP1B1? It would be good to find out because it’s a cancer marker and if you don’t have it, you’re cancer-free. But every cancer patient has it in every cancer cell. It’s an enzyme and its name is pronounced “SipOneBeOne”. It potentially causes the death of cancer cells but to do that it needs Salvestrol.
So what is Salvestrol? It’s a plant item. As vegetables and fruits ripen, pests tend to attack them. In response, the plants create Salvestrols to repel such attacks. Research is ongoing but so far over 400 types of Salvestrol have been found and given a number or name. When we eat that fruit or veggie, the Salvestrol travels in the blood to all body cells and when it enters normal cells, it’s digested, metabolized uneventfully.
But when it enters cancer cells, it’s met by CYP1B1 enzymes that also metabolize it but as a result, produce a metabolite that causes the cell’s death.