The researchers concluded that the anti-cancer properties of ginger happened at concentrations that weren’t toxic to the non-cancerous cells. So, ginger was able to destroy the cancer cells only, leaving the healthy ones intact. Selective cytotoxicity is not the case with conventional cancer therapies. 6-shogaol causes death of breast cancer cells, i.e. it induces a programmed cell death by inducing autophagy. It’s also known to prevent the formation of breast cancer lumps.
