Origanum onites and Lung Cancer in Rats

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Hi y'all,

 

A number of folks have asked me about the portion of the lecture I gave

in September 1999, at the Canadian Aromatherapy Conference in Toronto ..

pertaining to the use of Essential Oil of Oregano (Origanum onites) to

cure lung cancer in rats.

 

What I presented was the results of research conducted at the Aromatic

and Medicinal Plant and Drug Research Center, Anadolu University,

Eskisehir, Turkey. This research was a scientifically controlled

experiment. Professor Dr. K. Husnu Can Baser and 4 other prominent

professors (one a medical doctor) conducted all phases.

 

A series of lab tests were conducted, after a period of time, it was

determined that there was justification to do animal testing, so twelve

adult Wistar albino rats of both sexes were acquired.

 

The test was to determine the inhibitory effects of carvacrol on DMBA

induced pulmonary tumorigenesis in rats.

 

Cancer was induced in the lungs of each of the rats. The lungs of all

of the rats developed tumor like dark red and brown spots.

 

The first group received no treatment, The second group was treated

with the standard antitumor agent, Colchicine and NaCl. The third group

was treated with Carvacrol from the Essential Oil of Origanum onites L.,

in a base of neutral sterile olive oil.

 

By six days, all the first group of rats had died and one of the rats

in the second group had died. The remaining rats were put to sleep and

the lung tissue was examined with a microscope and photographed.

 

The second group has considerable evidence of slowing tumor development.

In the third group (the group treated with carvacrol) there was evidence

of complete loss of tumor development. In fact, tumorial activity had

ceased and the lung tissue was repairing itself.

 

The study concluded that carvacrol possessed antitumor activities on

lungs induced by DMBA, and determined that FURTHER STUDY is required.

 

As I said during the lecture, this is not a recommendation .. just a

brief of details on this study ... it is known to many in the scientific

community and has been published both in Turkey and in Europe.

 

I have the colored micro-slides .. they are quite clear. I had planned

to present it again at the NAHA conference in June 2002, but as many of

you know .. I declined to participate in that conference. Nor will I

participate in another NAHA conference until that organization cleans

itself up, starts to be concerned about their members instead of their

own pockets, travel, fun and games and begins to operate in accordance

with applicable laws and their own constitution and bylaws.

 

In any case .. studies like this reminds me that the FDA will accept

that something is a carcinogen based on studies with rats, but curing

rats gets a comment that rats ain't humans .. ;-) I strongly agree with

them but it portrays a lack of credibility of in vivo testing. Double

edge swords are not hard to find in gummit regulations .. and usually

one side is dull.

 

Its my opinion that many of the cures of man's ills will be found and

used in third world or emerging countries as researchers there are

generally less likely to have been compromised by the many mega-buck

pharmaceutical companies. If a university is offered $5 million to do

research to prove what a pharmaceutical company wants proven on a new

patent or prescription drug, odds are research such as that conducted by

these professors will not be made .. and we know that such research is

NOT in the best interests of the pharmaceutical companies because they

cannot get a patent on a natural product..

 

The leader of that group, Professor Doctor K. Husnu Can Baser, then of the Center and the Dean of the Pharmacy Faculty at the

university, has done some other work that is just as exciting - and

continues to do even more now! Lucky it is that Anadolu University has

not been compromised .. yet.

 

So - even though I said it don't mean a thing for humans - I still take

my Origanum when I need it. Oh yea .. I asked Professor Baser why he

chose Origanum onites instead of a different type. He chuckled and said

it was because that was the one he had handy at the time. ;-p

 

Y'all keep smiling, Butch http://www.AV-AT.com

 

PS .. New Info: After the IATA Conference, I bought 30 extra copies of

the notes .. I had intended to offer them in my walk-in store in MD ..

but somehow during a move to our previous location they were stuck in a

box and I just found them on my last trip. They contain some good info

and I will let them go for the exact cost I paid .. $20 each.

 

http://www.aromamedical.com/IATA.htm

 

It is a bound document and contains 56 pages with some photos of the

speakers.