Cancer Decisions® - Postive Results With Pectasol-C

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#443 : Free Weekly Newsletter by Ralph W. Moss, PhD. May 16, 2010

POSITIVE RESULTS WITH PECTASOL-C

This week brought a major advance in understanding the effects of

modified citrus pectin (MCP) on cancer cells. Scientists at Columbia

University published a paper showing that MCP stops the growth of

prostate cancer (PC) cells in the test tube....

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This is silliness of the first order:

" Dr. Jun Yan and Dr. Katz tested two versions of MCP, PectaSol

and PectaSol-C, both invented by Dr. Isaac Eliaz. In general, the new

form of product outperformed the earlier version. The authors looked

at apoptosis (the most prevalent form of programmed cell death) as

well as at the inhibition of cell growth. A one percent solution of

PectaSol-C was toxic to five cell lines. After four days of

treatment, the total destruction of cancer cells ranged from 23.0 to

52.2 percent. The authors concluded that PectaSol and PectaSol-C both

inhibited cell proliferation and apoptosis in prostate cancer cell lines. "

In vitro culture media are meant to keep the cells alive during the

experiment. It would be almost impossible for a culture medium to

accurately mimic the actual human cellular environment. The ratio of

chemicals/drugs that inhibit/kill a cell compared to those that

encourage growth is maybe 1,000 to 1. That is, almost anything you

throw into any cell culture is likely to inhibit growth. In this

experiment the researchers made a 1% pectasol-medium solution. As

the average person has about five liters of blood (5 kgs.), this

would be like dissolving 50 grams of this modified pectin in your

blood. So, in spite of the ridiculously high concentration they

could only get a die-off of 1/4 to 1/2 of the cancer cells from five

cancer cell lines. This blurb declines to state how many cell lines

they tried and failed nor if they bothered to try a 1% solution on

normal cell lines. I wonder if a 1% w/v pectin in blood would gum

up one's brain, liver, or kidneys.

I am not saying that there is no benefit to PectaSol -- It might

prove to be very useful. I do know that this experiment is not good

science and as they use the trademark brand name the ostensible

purpose is marketing. It is easy enough to hydrolyze your own citrus

pectin and save a ton of money.

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how can we idrolyze our own citrus pectin?

Recipe, please!

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> This is silliness of the first order:

>

> " Dr. Jun Yan and Dr. Katz tested two versions of MCP, PectaSol

> and PectaSol-C, both invented by Dr. Isaac Eliaz. In general, the new

> form of product outperformed the earlier version. The authors looked

> at apoptosis (the most prevalent form of programmed cell death) as

> well as at the inhibition of cell growth. A one percent solution of

> PectaSol-C was toxic to five cell lines. After four days of

> treatment, the total destruction of cancer cells ranged from 23.0 to

> 52.2 percent. The authors concluded that PectaSol and PectaSol-C both

> inhibited cell proliferation and apoptosis in prostate cancer cell lines. "

>

> In vitro culture media are meant to keep the cells alive during the

> experiment. It would be almost impossible for a culture medium to

> accurately mimic the actual human cellular environment. The ratio of

> chemicals/drugs that inhibit/kill a cell compared to those that

> encourage growth is maybe 1,000 to 1. That is, almost anything you

> throw into any cell culture is likely to inhibit growth. In this

> experiment the researchers made a 1% pectasol-medium solution. As

> the average person has about five liters of blood (5 kgs.), this

> would be like dissolving 50 grams of this modified pectin in your

> blood. So, in spite of the ridiculously high concentration they

> could only get a die-off of 1/4 to 1/2 of the cancer cells from five

> cancer cell lines. This blurb declines to state how many cell lines

> they tried and failed nor if they bothered to try a 1% solution on

> normal cell lines. I wonder if a 1% w/v pectin in blood would gum

> up one's brain, liver, or kidneys.

>

> I am not saying that there is no benefit to PectaSol -- It might

> prove to be very useful. I do know that this experiment is not good

> science and as they use the trademark brand name the ostensible

> purpose is marketing. It is easy enough to hydrolyze your own citrus

> pectin and save a ton of money.

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