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Mushroom Extract Combo Slows Sarcomas
Tuesday, April 8, 2008; 12:00 AM
TUESDAY,
April 8 (HealthDay News) -- A combination of the active ingredients in
reishi mushrooms and green tea inhibited the growth of tumors and
extended survival time of mice with sarcomas, two Chinese studies show.
Sarcomas are cancers of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
Both
reishi mushrooms and green tea have long held a place in traditional
medicine in Asia. Recent research has shown that both enhance the
body's immune function, according to background information in a news
release about the two new studies by researchers at the Pharmanex BJ
Clinical Pharmacology Center in Beijing.
In one study,
researchers injected mice with sarcoma cells and then gave them either
low, medium or high doses of a product (ReishiMax) that contains high
concentrations of the active components in reishi mushrooms, including
polysaccharides and triterpenes, or a combination of ReishiMax and
Tegreen, a product that's 98 percent to 99 percent made of green tea
polyphenols.
All the mice eventually died, but the ones that received the combination treatment lived longer.
In
the second study, groups of health mice were given either low, medium
or high doses of ReishiMax or low, medium or high doses of a
combination of ReishiMax and Tegreen. After 14 days of treatment, the
mice were injected with sarcoma cells. The treatment then continued for
another 14 days.
Tumor development in the mice that received the
combination treatment was less than in those that received only
ReishiMax and 45 percent less than mice that received no treatment.
The study was expected to be presented Tuesday at the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting in San Diego.
More information
The Sarcoma Foundation of America has more about sarcoma.
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