"NUTRAPOTENT DS" is used to treat cancer growth or tumours caused by uncontrollable or abnormal cell division, which can spread through other parts of the body through the blood stream. The organic chemical used in the medicine is found in the tropical plant, Simarouba Glauca.
Research on Simarouba Glauca and its plant chemicals has focused on cancer and leukemia. The quassinoids responsible for the anti-amoebic and antimalarial properties have also shown in clinical research to possess active cancer-killing properties. Early cancer screening performed by the National Cancer Institute in 1976 indicated that an alcohol extract of Simarouba Glauca root (and a water extract of its seeds) had cytotoxic actions against cancer cells at very low dosages (less than 20 mcg/ml). Following up on that initial screening, scientists discovered that several of the quassinoids in Simarouba Glauca (Ailanthinone, Glaucarubinone, Holocanthone, Benzoquinone, Canthin, Glaucarubine) had antileukemic actions against lymphocytic leukemia in vitro and published several studies in 1977 and 1978. Researchers found that yet another Simaroubaquassinoid, holacanthone, also possessed antileukemic and antitumorous actions in 1983. More recently, in 1993, researchers in the UK cited the antitumorous activity of two of the quassinoids, ailanthinone and glaucarubinone, against human epidermoid carcinoma of the pharynx.
A later study in 1998 by U.S. researchers demonstrated the antitumorous activity of glaucarubinone against solid tumors (human and mouse cell lines), multi-drug-resistant mammary tumors in mice, and antileukemic activity against leukemia in mice.
Scientific research group attempts to synthesize one or more of Simarouba's potent quassinoids for pharmaceutical use, the plant remains an important natural remedy in the herbal pharmacopeias of many tropical countries and in the rainforest shaman's arsenal of potent plant remedies. Natural health practitioners outside of South America are just beginning to learn about the properties and actions of this important rainforest medicinal plant and how to use it in their own natural health practices.
Properties/Actions: Amebicide, Analgesic, Anthelmintic, Antibacterial, Antimicrobial, Antileukemic, Antimalarial, Cytotoxic, Emmenagogueue, Febrifuge, Stomachic, Sudorific, Tonic, Vermifuge
Phytochemicals: 15-hydroxyailanthone, 15-o-beta-d-glucopyranosylglaucarubol, 15-o-beta-d-glucopyranosylglaucarubolone, Arachidic-acid, Delta-13(18)-glaucarubin, Glaucarubin, Glaucarubinone, Glaucarubolone, Linoleic-acid, Linolenic-acid, Oleic-acid, Palmitic-acid, Palmitoleic-acid, Stearic-acid
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