Re: Ralph Moss: What really works agains cancer? (Part one)

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What Really Works? Part One

Sunday, 09 January 2011  

One of the hardest questions to answer is which, out of the many

supplements really benefits cancer patients? There are many

self-interested statements of benefit, but an inadequate amount of

objective research on what is effective and what is not.

I therefore want to call your attention to an interesting article from

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). It compared the

following seven botanical extracts and fractions:

(1) H-48 (a Chinese mixture of herbs)

(2) Coriolus vesicolor [mushroom],or its derivatives: purified

polysaccharide-K (PSK) or purified polysaccharide-peptide (PSP)

(3) Maitake mushroom extract

(4) Echinacea

(5) Astragalus root

(6) The yellow spice turmeric; and

(7) beta-glucan derived from yeast.

All of these are popular supplements used by cancer patients. The MSKCC authors

looked at the ability of these substances to induce immune reactions in

laboratory mice. Specifics on these products, and how they were tested, are

given in the reference below. (The full paper is available for free, and readers

should consult that text for details).

The bottom line of the study was this:

Consistently significant activity was seen with four of the

preparations:

(1) Coriolus mushroom extracts (especially PSK);

(2) Alcohol extract of astragalus;

(3) yeast beta-glucan; and (to a lesser extent)

(4) Maitake mushrooms.

Little or no adjuvant activity was demonstrated with H48, Echinacea

extracts or a water-based extract of astragalus. The results with

turmeric were mixed (but the New Chapter brand of turmeric was active.)

Coriolus versicolor (also called Trametes versicolor or Turkey tail

mushroom) is available from a number of sources. I will have more to say about

Astragalus in a future blog entry.