Can graviola (soursop) cure cancer?

Graviola comes from a tree in the rain forests of Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia. Its scientific name is Annona muricata. It is also known as custard apple, cherimoya, guanabana, soursop and brazilian paw paw. The active ingredient is thought to be a type of plant compound (phytochemical) called annonaceous acetogenins.

When Chemotherapy Fails Try Soursop Fruit

Soursop is the fruit of the legendary tree Graviola which grows in the Amazon rainforest, but plenty of studies show that people could try it when chemotherapy fails. The sweet flesh and distinctive flavor transformed this fruit into juice, sorbet, candy and ice cream, but also into a supposedly powerful weapon against cancer which kills the damaging cells up to 10,000 times more efficiently than chemotherapy drugs. Cancer Research UK has carried out studies which reveal that  soursop extract can kill certain types of breast and liver cancer cells which resist chemotherapy drugs, but the lack of large-scale studies in humans determined the charity not support the use of soursop to treat cancer.