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Posted By: Shootzoo <Send E-Mail>

Saturday, 30 April 2005, 6:50 p.m.

 

Ellagic Acid Cancer Treatment

 

How It Works

 

Ellagic acid is a naturally occurring polyphenolic constituent found

in 46 different fruits and nuts, like grapes, pomegranate, red

raspberry, strawberry, blueberry and walnuts. " [Ellagic acid] prevents

the binding of carcinogens to DNA and strengthens connective tissue,

which may keep cancer cells from spreading. " Ellagic Acid has the

ability to inhibit mutations within a cell´s DNA. Furthermore, it is

considered to be a cancer inhibitor which has the ability to cause

apoptosis or normal cell death in cancer cells.

 

Ellagic Acid

First, ellagic acid kills cancer cells:

 

" Healthy cells have a normal life cycle of approximately 120 days

before they die. This process is called apoptosis (natural cell

death). The body replaces these dying cells with healthy cells.

Conversely, cancer cells do not die. They multiply by division, making

2 cancer cells, then 4, 8, 16, 32 and so on. In lab tests, Ellagic

Acid caused the cancer cells to go through the normal apoptosis

process without damaging healthy cells. Chemotherapy, radiation, and

most conventional treatments cause the death of cancer cells and

healthy cells indiscriminately, possibly destroying the immune system

in the process. Ellagic Acid is clearly the sensible choice. "

http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/ellagicacid.html

 

Second, ellagic acid stops the growth of tumors:

 

" Rats that consumed 5% to 10% of their diet as freeze-dried black

raspberries and strawberries showed dramatic reductions in the growth

of precancerous cells and tumor progression, the researchers found.

And in other animal tests, Stoner told Reuters Health, the berries

reduced colon cancer growth by 80%. The Ohio Department of Agriculture

supported the research Stoner presented at the meeting. "

http://www.oregon-berries.com/cx15/sx-rx-haltcancer.pdf

 

Third, ellagic acid causes G-arrest:

 

" The Hollings Cancer Institute at the University of South Carolina has

conducted a double blind study on a group of 500 cervical cancer

patients that had everyone excited. Nine years of study have shown

that a natural product called Ellagic acid is causing G-arrest within

48 hours (inhibiting and stopping mitosis-cancer cell division), and

apoptosis (normal cell death) within 72 hours, for breast, pancreas,

esophageal, skin, colon and prostate cancer cells. "

http://www.ellagic.net/

 

Fourth, ellagic acid helps prevent cancer, birth defects, etc.

 

" European medical studies also demonstrate that Ellagic Acid is known

to lower the incidence of birth defects, promote wound healing, reduce

heart disease, and may reduce or reverse chemically induced liver

fibrosis. "

http://www.hopeforcancer.com/Ellagic.htm

 

Fifth, ellagic acid does a lot of other good things:

 

" From Dr Glen Halvorson´s Book, Chemopreventive Properties of

…Phytochemicals, we learn that ellagic acid is anti-bacterial, [it]

destroys the H. pylori bacteria responsible for stomach ulcers, [it]

protects the liver and liver function, [it] binds with carcinogens

(chemicals that cause cancer) making them inactive, [it] prevents

carcinogens from binding to DNA [and it] reduces glucose levels (aids

in management of diabetes). "

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy.htm

 

Sixth, ellagic acid (i.e. from ellagitannins), is combined with

glucose, making sure that cancer cells get a larger dose of ellagic

acid than normal cells because cancer cells consume about 15 times

more glucose than other cells. This means cancer cells probably get

far more ellagic acid than normal cells:

 

" Although ellagic acid is the bioactive agent that offers protection,

the phytochemical is generally ingested in the form of another

biochemical called ellagitannin. Plants produce ellagic acid and

glucose that combine to form ellagitannins, which are water-soluble

compounds that are easier for animals to absorb in their diets.

Consequently, small amounts of ellagitannins derived from natural

sources may be more effective in the human diet than large doses of

purified ellagic acid. "

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/phytochemicals/pages/ellagicacid.html

 

Here are some comments about blueberries:

 

" Extremely rich in a wide range of powerful antioxidant flavonoids

(phenolic compounds). Blueberries / bilberries have more anthocyanins

than any other food - 3 times more than the second richest source,

green tea. They are also high in quercetin and ellagic acid - two

other powerful flavonoids.

 

Flavonoids can also attach themselves to proteins, modulating the

action of enzymes, including the kinase enzymes necessary for cell

proliferation. In this way they are a very useful compliment to cancer

therapy. When high doses of flavonoids are taken, all cell

proliferation is inhibited; but this does not harm normal cells which

can simply ´rest´ - however, cancer cells cannot survive in the

resting state.

 

Flavonoids also lower blood sugar levels, can restrict angiogenesis,

help to keep nitric oxide within a healthy range, and raise the body´s

level of the endogenous antioxidant glutathione. Berries are also rich

in vitamin C. "

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Here is how it works:

 

" Ellagic Acid is a phenolic compound that has become known as a potent

anti-carcinogenic/anti-mutagenic compound. It also has anti-bacterial

and anti-viral properties. Ellagic Acid itself is not thought to be

naturally present in plants. Instead, polymers of gallic acid and

hexahydroxydipenoyl (HHDP) are linked to glucose centers to form the

class of compounds known as ellagitannins. When two gallic acid groups

become linked side by side within a tannin molecule an HHDP group is

formed. Ellagic Acid is the result when the HHDP group is cleaved from

the tannin molecule and spontaneously rearrages. It is the

ellagitannins that are present in red raspberries. "

http://www.ellagic-research.org/summary.htm

 

Supercharging This Treatment

At the current time, ellagic acid supplements are generally not used

as a stand-alone treatment for cancer. Rather, ellagic acid

supplements are usually used in conjuction with other treatments.

However, ellagic acid is found in fruits and nuts that are part of

major alternative cancer treatments, such as the grape cure, Budwig

Flaxseed (when walnuts are used), the Raw Food diet, etc.

 

It would probably be a mistake to take ellagic acid supplements

without also consuming many natural, whole, raw foods that contain

ellagic acid in order to get necessary enzymes and other synergistic

nutrients.

 

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More ellagic acid can be found in the leaves of strawberries than any

other plant. The leaves can be made into a strong tea and then mixed

with a berry punch ( a mix of all the berries) as there are different

ingredients in different juices that are highly benificial.

The research I´ve done indicates a little alcohol will also bring out

even more of the ellagitannins from the juice but it has to be heated

to do so. Further research is needed in that department and is being

conducted as we speak.

Cheers

--R--

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