Guest guest Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Does anyone have any anecdotal evidence that oleander is beneficial in the treatment of the chronic form of leukemia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Some of Doctor H. Z. Ozel's earliest successes with oleander are reported to have been against leukemia. Here is an instant message discussion I had some months back regarding oleander and leukemia: N: N: hello, how are you?btw, i wanted to tell you something..some lady started to drink oleander... me: i am ok just bizzeeN: the strong one...i made...for herlolshe ha(d) leukimia...no more...her blood levels are back to betterwhen they were b4me: really? no sign at all?N: no man, doc was shockedafter 3 monhsmonthsfor a check upme: where does she live? what state I mean?N: he asked if she was taking her pills...she gave him the whole pack sealed...lolshe lives here in montreali prepared it for her man..i made it so harsh like for me..lolshe had stomach issues for first 3 days...then 1 week later she felt perfect me: that is great news - i surely could use that testimonial for my forumsN: ill see if i can get her to write itme: you made the oleander soup right from my recipe, right?tell her she could help save lives by telling her story.N: your recipe, just filtered it way more..me: or you could ask her if I could call her to interview her??N: i could ask herwhen i see her...friends friends..i decided to helpbut most ppl dont even listen to me..they think is bsbut this one...tried it. Hopefully I will eventually get to interview her. And here is a study conducted on oleander extract and leukemia: Cytotoxic effects of leaf, stem and root extracts of Nerium oleander on leukemia cell lines and role of the p-glycoprotein in this effect. Turan N, Akgün-Dar K, Kuruca SE, Kiliçaslan-Ayna T, Seyhan VG, Atasever B, Meriçli F, Carin M. Istanbul University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Vezneciler, Istanbul, Turkey. Nerium oleander (No), is a toxic plant. In recent studies, it was determined that the extracts of this plant are effective to treat some types of cancer, but these studies are limited and do not include human leukemia. In the present study, firstly we aimed to investigate in vitro the cytotoxic effects of No on the HL60 and K562 leukemia cell lines. The cells were incubated with six different concentrations of each three extracts. MTT assay was employed as a cytotoxicity test. It was observed that concentrations of 1000, 500 and 50 microg/ml from each extract possess marked antileukemic effects. No leaf and root extracts were seen to be more cytotoxic than the stem extract according to LC50. Secondly, in order to understand the role of P-gp in cytotoxicity, P-gp levels of K562 resistant and sensitive cells were measured by flow cytometry before treatment extracts, and then, the cells were incubated with No leaf, stem and root extracts in 500 microg/ml concentrations overnight. After incubation, measurements showed decreased levels of P-gp in the cells. Hence, it is possible to think contributes to their cytotoxic effects that inhibiting of the P-gp pump by No extracts on leukemia cell lines. PMID: 17228522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] oleander soup , "mdunsmoor" <mdunsmoor wrote:>> Does anyone have any anecdotal evidence that oleander is beneficial in > the treatment of the chronic form of leukemia?> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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