Can Pawpaw Inhibit Cancer and Mesothelioma Tumours?

April 28, 2010 by Ann-Marie Waters · 1 Comment
Filed under: Drugs and Treatment 


What is pawpaw?

The pawpaw is a large shrub that can be found in many areas of North America. The fruit looks like a large yellowish/green berry and is approximately between 5 and15 centimeters in length, and contains brown coloured seeds embedded in its soft fruit pulp. According to many who have eaten the fruit – it tastes really delicious like a creamy coconut banana flavour. The fruit is not viable commercially as it rapidly spoils once harvested. It also contains high nutrients, healthy fats, and complex carbohydrates.

People tend to think that the fruit is related to papaya fruit as it is similar in appearance but the two fruits are not at all related. Pawpaw consists of approximately 8 different varieties and one of them in particular – ‘Asimina triloba’ has been scientifically researched for its potential medicinal properties. Dr. J. Mclaughen a Professor of ‘Pharmacognosy’ at Purdue University, and who has studied this particular species for the past 20 years found it to contain a special compound called ‘annonaceous acetogenins’. Acetogenin is a natural fatty acid and possesses some very unique properties. In laboratory trials – the special compound was found to exhibit powerful properties in fighting cancer cells.

 

Pawpaw Fruit

Dr. McLaughlin discovered that powerful acetogenins were not plentiful in the pawpaw fruit as they were in twigs and that acetogenin levels varied during different seasons, i.e. the acetogenin levels tended to peak in the month of may.

How does pawpaw work on cancer cells?

 

Pawpaw has been shown to be 300 times more potent than the chemotherapy drug ‘Taxol’, and more powerful than ‘cisplatin’ . The acetogenins in pawpaw inhibit the production of cellular energy in abnormal cells, as well as inhibit potential blood vessels developing around abnormal cells, thus preventing transporting and metastasizing (spread) of cancer cells.

A recent experimental study was carried out to test ‘Nature’s Sunshine Product’ (Dr. McLaughlin’s official patented pawpaw product) including 130 cancer patients. Although the results were promising, i.e. CT scans showed many significant reductions in abnormal growth size, Pawpaw has not been endorsed within the medical profession as double-blind studies have not been carried out.

From my research concerning Dr. McLaughlin’s credibility and work with Pawpaw – I feel that he is certainly no ‘quack’, he was first assigned in the 70’s to find and study botanical sources of anti-carcinoma potential and he poured his heart into finding an answer for the next 25 years (he is now retired).  He has published over 100 articles in relation to the health benefits of Pawpaw compounds and has won prestigious awards for his work. Dr. McLaughlin’s official site concerning pawpaw research can be found here: http://www.pawpawresearch.com

 

Pawpaw extends life of mesothelioma patient

 

I came across this article concerning a patient with mesothelioma – Marie Augustine was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2007 and she claims that Pawpaw helped her combat the disease.

http://naturalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/paw-paw-extends-life-of-mesothelioma-patient

Warning: If you want to consider Pawpaw as a supplement to your existing treatment then do a little research, i.e. look on cancer forums to get advice/ feedback from anyone who is taking it or has used it, check side-effects if any.

 

 Where can I buy Pawpaw?

 

Don’t just rush ahead . . .  and buy anything that claims to contain Pawpaw as I have found that several companies have jumped on the band wagon and claim to have the product, however – these are merely weak imitators of Dr. McLaughlin’s official licensed product. The official ‘NSP’ product’ Paw Paw Cell Reg’can be found here.

http://www.healthy-sunshine.com/paw-paw-cell-reg.asp

 

Official Pawpaw Supplements

Amphibole Asbestos Fibres More Toxic To Mesothelial Cells

April 21, 2010 by Ann-Marie Waters · 3 Comments
Filed under: Causes of Cancer 


The mesothelial cells appear to be a major target for asbestos fibres. This cell is predominantly linked with a mesothelioma tumour and is strongly associated with asbestos exposure. The mesothelial cell may also play a role in other asbestos-related disease such as pleural plaques, benign asbestos pleurisy, and pleural fibrosis.

 

Amphibole

 

Studies have been carried out concerning the asbestos fibre and its interaction with the mesothelial cell, but it is still unclear what exactly determines asbestos disease, particularly pleural mesothelioma (most common type). Theory suggests several factors: Asbestos fibres tend to accumulate in the pleural space by lodging in the parietal pleura around the draining lymphatic somata. Mesothelial cells are more sensitive to the toxic effects of asbestos than any other cells, and appear to be more sensitive than other cells to oxidant-induced DNA damage.

 

 

 

Asbestos is both a fibrogenic and carcinogenic fibre. Some of its biological toxicity relates to its fibrous shape, and yet fibres of a similar shape are not considered harmful. For instance – ‘amphibole’ asbestos fibres (crocidolite and amosite, blue and brown) are more predominantly associated with mesothelioma than chrysotile fibres, this is because amphibole fibres contain more iron, and their needle-like shape is more brittle.