grapefruit seed extract

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Pharmazie. 1999 Jun;54(6):452-6.

 

Aspects of the antimicrobial efficacy of grapefruit seed extract and

its relation to preservative substances contained.

 

von Woedtke T, Schluter B, Pflegel P, Lindequist U, Julich WD.

 

Institute of Pharmacy, Ernst Moritz Arndt University, Greifswald,

Germany.

 

The antimicrobial efficacy as well as the content of preservative

agents of six commercially available grapefruit seed extracts were

examined. Five of the six extracts showed a high growth inhibiting

activity against the test germs Bacillus subtilis SBUG 14, Micrococcus

flavus SBUG 16, Staphylococcus aureus SBUG 11, Serratia marcescens SBUG

9, Escherichia coli SBUG 17, Proteus mirabilis SBUG 47, and Candida

maltosa SBUG 700. In all of the antimicrobial active grapefruit seed

extracts, the preservative benzethonium chloride was detected by thin

layer chromatography. Additionally, three extracts contained the

preserving substances triclosan and methyl parabene. In only one of the

grapefruit seed extracts tested no preservative agent was found.

However, with this extract as well as with several self-made extracts

from seed and juiceless pulp of grapefruits (Citrus paradisi) no

antimicrobial activity could be detected (standard serial broth

dilution assay, agar diffusion test). Thus, it is concluded that the

potent as well as nearly universal antimicrobial activity being

attributed to grapefruit seed extract is merely due to the synthetic

preservative agents contained within. Natural products with

antimicrobial activity do not appear to be present.

 

 

Eisei Shikenjo Hokoku. 1996;(114):38-42.

 

[Analysis of components in natural food additive "grapefruit seed

extract" by HPLC and LC/MS]

 

[Article in Japanese]

 

Sakamoto S, Sato K, Maitani T, Yamada T.

 

The components in a commercial natural food additive "Grapefruit seed

extract" and the ethanol extract of grapefruit seeds were analyzed by

HPLC and LC/MS. The HPLC chromatogram of the commercial grapefruit seed

extract was quite different from that of the ethanol extract of

grapefruit seeds. Three main peaks were observed in the chromatogram of

the commercial grapefruit seed extract. By comparison of the retention

times and the absorption spectra with those of authentic samples, two

peaks were ascribed to methyl-p-hydroxybenzoate and

2,4,4'-trichloro-2'-hydroxydiphenylether (triclosan). Triclosan was

also identified by LC/MS by using the negative electrospray ionization

method.

 

 

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todd

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hi merevita

 

as you might be able to tell from the abstracts i sent, the activity of

grapefruit seed extract (GSE) is unrelated to the grapefruit seed

themselves, and is entirely related to the synthetic preservatives

contained within it

 

most GSE products on the market contain a patented product call

citracidal, and because it is patented they do not disclose how its

made or its ingredients: they simply say citracidal ®, a proprietary

grapefruit seed extract, with water and/or glycerin

 

when this issue of preservatives in the product have been pointed out

before, the manufacturers claim that the preservative benzethonium

hydrochloride in particular is some how formed naturally during

processing

 

not only is this highly unlikely, it is besides the point

 

1. a lot of natural ingredients start off as the substrate for making

synthetic drugs: this does not make them natural anymore than

Frankenstein

2. benzethonium chloride, also found as a disinfectant in many

cosmetics, is not approved for internal use

 

the other commonly found preservative, triclosan, is a pesticide that

is chemically related to dioxins, has been found in waste water,

accumulating in the tissues of ocean fish and has even been found in

human breast milk - its commonly found in 'antibacterial' soaps, and is

speculated to be a factor in the emerging issue of antibiotic resistance

 

 

> I went in the drugstore were i bought grape fruit extract to ask about

> the antibiotic eventually contained in it.

> In that moment the sales representative of the house that produces it,

> came in the shop.

> He told me that this is impossible for the reason that they are

> obliged to declare on the bottle all the elements that it contains.

> They are controlled.

> On the bottle it is written only grape fruit and glycerin.

 

if in fact the product does not contain the patented citracidal ®

ingredient found in GSE such as nutrabiotic , then it probably does

not contain these preservatives

 

but then i am very sorry to say that the product has NO antimicrobial

activity whatsoever, and is manufactured by people that simply don't

understand the basic science, as is often the case in this industry

 

Ayurveda has used various Citrus species for thousands of years, and

yet i am not aware of one single reference to the usage of the seed as

an antimicrobial agent in infectious disease

 

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todd

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I'm really gratefull for htis info. No wonder it always felt

so harsh; I just thought it was about the intense bitter influences.

I was given an extra bottle by a friend and always forget I have it.

Do you suppose the citrus industry dreamed this up to make use of

the seed matter and play a joke on the natural foods industry?

Martha

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On Thursday, December 16, 2004, at 09:02 AM,

ayurveda wrote:

 

> Message: 5

> Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:23:24 -0000

> "doulaminerva" <martha

> Re: grapefruit seed extract

>

>

>

> I'm really gratefull for htis info. No wonder it always felt

> so harsh; I just thought it was about the intense bitter influences.

> I was given an extra bottle by a friend and always forget I have it.

> Do you suppose the citrus industry dreamed this up to make use of

> the seed matter and play a joke on the natural foods industry?

> Martha

 

perhaps

or it was a nazi conspiracy or maybe martians

whatever it is, the underlying motive appears to be nothing more than

ol' fashioned greed

 

it should be an axiom, never trust overly-enthusiastic adherents of

ANYTHING!

 

when i was in herbal college, the people that liberally dosed

themselves with GSE were the same folks that absolutely LOVED super

blue green algae

of course, super blue was taken off the market when it was discovered

that the algae was actually toxic, and contained high levels of fecal

coliform

 

these people probably went off after the next craze, after dropping out

of college because it was too hard, and now extoll the virtues of the

next craze, like fermented noni juice that has to be irradiated

because its so full of microbial toxins

 

 

here's a joke that my friend Alan Tillotson posted on the internet -

and yet he still gets inquiries to this day of where to get Super Blue

Green Yellow Magnetic Volcanic Colloidal Nino Juice

 

***

 

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Caldecott

todd

www.toddcaldecott.com