Professor Hideo Sato of the Department of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, Japan, recently announced that after research, it was found that wheat tea contains specific substances that inhibit cancer and has a certain preventive effect on cancer.

The specific anticancer substances contained in wheat tea are P- coumaric acid contained in leguminous plants and quercetin widely used in medicine. Quercetin is now mainly used as antihypertensive drugs.

Scientists believe that some bad living habits, such as smoking, overeating and overwork, may increase active oxygen in the body and cause diseases including cancer. Active oxygen exists in human body, and one electron in its molecule is in a discrete and unstable state. "restless" reactive oxygen species will take away electrons such as fatty acids existing in cell membranes, leading to a series of rapid chain reactions and causing many diseases. The antioxidant effect of wheat tea can eliminate excess active oxygen. People used to drink wheat tea mainly to prevent cancer, stroke, myocardial infarction, diabetes and so on. However, it has not been found before which substance in wheat tea can eliminate active oxygen.