Compound artemisinin is extracted from a plant called sweet wormwood. Many thousands of years ago, the Chinese used it to treat malaria. Today, scientists have proven that this miraculous plant is equally effective in fighting cancer. Let’s review some of the scientific research papers that have been published so far.
Cancer treatment method
All cancerous cells have an increased concentration of iron to develop; in other words, cancer cells have a much higher iron concentration than normal cells. During the research, the scientists removed cells from the body with the maximum iron concentration and injected them into them. Artemisinin. The result was that artemisinin has the properties of inhibiting and destroying cancer cells.
( U.S. Patent 5,578,637, University of Washington, inventors Dr. H. Lai and Dr. NP Singh, November 26, 1996)
Leukemia in humans
In another study, Dr. Lai found very significant discoveries regarding leukemia cells. He discovered that cancer cells were destroyed very quickly within a few hours when exposed to holotransferrin (it binds receptors that serve to transmit iron) and dihydroartemisinin (a type of artemisinin that is soluble in water). He emphasized that the destruction of cells could be the product of a high concentration of iron in leukemia cells.
( H.Lai I NP Sing, selective cancer cells exposed to Dihydroartemisinin and holotransferrin )
55 oncological cell lines
This amazing plant has been tested for activity against 55 cancer lines. It was found to be artemisinin most active against leukemia and colon cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and kidney cancer. It was also found that the effectiveness was significant in combination with other standard drugs used in the fight against cancer. These results classify it as a beneficial compound with low toxicity and can potentially replace chemotherapy.
(Antimalarial drug is also effective against cancer Int’l Journal of Oncology, 18; 767-773,2001)
Breast cancer cells
Sweet wormwood plant and compound artemisinin become cytostatic in the presence of iron. The cancer cell possesses more transferrin receptors; these are the pathways that allow the iron to enter the cell. Breast cancer cells have 5 to 15 times more surface transferrin receptors than normal breast cells. In recent studies, artemisinin was injected into normal and cancerous breast cells. The results were astonishing. Artemisinin killed even those cells that were resistant to radiation. The effects on normal cells were minimal. This analysis shows that treating this plant can be a simple, effective, and economical cure for cancer.
(NP Singh and H Lai, The Selective Effect of Dihydroartemisinin on Breast Cancer Cells. Life Sciences, 70: 49-56,2001)
Natural remedies that are better than chemotherapy
Various studies conducted separately in Germany and Australia have revealed the activities of twenty drugs on leukemia artemisinin, artesunate, baicalein, Baicalin, berberine, bufalin, cantharidin, cephaloridine, curcumin, daidzein, daidzin, diallyl, disulfide, Ginsenosidine, Rh2, Homoharringtonine, nardosinone, carbofuran, Puerarin, quercetin, tannic acid, and tetrahydronardosinone. The results showed that artesunate increased daunorubicin I accumulation in E1000 cells.
Artesunate and bufalin have the ability to fight leukemia, used alone or together with daunorubicin in multi-resistant cells. These two drugs are suitable for the treatment of leukemia and, as such, have the future of such use in medicine.
(Efferth et al., Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 28 (2) Mar / April; 160-168, 2002)
4 lines of cancer cells
Isolated triterpenes and sesquiterpenes from Artemisia stolonifera both can destroy lung cancer, ovarian cancer, melanoma of the skin and colon.
(Kwon, Phytochemical constituents of Artemisia stolonifera, Arch.Pharm, Research 24 (4): 312-315,2001)
Leukemia and lung cancer
Researchers have discovered a new compound that can destroy cancer cells after modification artemisinin. This new derivative contains cyano and aryl groups, and this compound has been very effective in destroying lung cancer and leukemia.
(Li, Ying, et al., Novel antitumor artemisinin derivatives targeting G1 phase of the cell cycle, Bioorganic and Medicinal chemistry letters 11: 5-8, 2001)
I hope you have found some interesting information from this scientific research on artemisinin, its derivatives, and its effect on cancerous diseases.
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