What might Clint Eastwood have to do with moxxor grape seed extract? It has something to do with “making your day…
This is some pretty big news we’re about to share with you, and something you probably won’t here on the news because it’s not in the best interestes of big pharm.
grape seed extract has been tested in a new in vitro experiment. In this test, it caused human leukemia cells to commit cell suicide (a process known as apoptosis). In normal English, what this means that in LAB experiments (not on live humans – just their cancerous cells), scientists “fed” grape seed extract to cancerous cells.
The leukemia cells didn’t care much for the grape seed extract. It’s a lot like trying to feed me brussels sprouts, only worse. It actually made the leukemia cells commit suicide (OK, brussels sprouts aren’t quite that bad).
In past studies, grape seed extract has had similar results against other cancer cell lines, including:
- prostate
- lung
- skin
However, until now, the extract had not been tested with leukemia.|Until now, grape seed extract wasn’t tested against leukemia specifically. We know from other tests that it has had very good results against other cancer cell lines including skin, breast, colon, lung, stomach and prostate cancers.[/spin]
This gets better, too… Nobody has ever known HOW the grape seed extract fights these cancers. So, this time, researches took aim at understanding the exact effects grape seed extract has on leukemia cells.
In their study, the scientists treated human leukemia cells with varying doses of grape seed extract. Their findings indicated that within 24 hours, 76 percent of leukemia cells had died after being exposed to the higher dose of the extract. Normal cells were not affected by the extract.
They looked into the cell signaling pathway (the internal messaging system of the cells) led to the suicide of the cancer cells. They found that the extract activates JNK, a protein that regulates the apoptosis pathway (the road to suicide).
To confirm this finding, they used an agent to inhibit JNK and found that the grape seed was then ineffective. Additionally, they silenced the JNK gene (made it inactive) and found that this too canceled out grape seed extract’s ability to cause cell suicide in the leukemia cells, confirming that the extract does indeed work by activating JNK.
“These results could have implications for the incorporation of agents such as grape seed extract into prevention or treatment of hematological malignancies and possibly other cancers,” said the study”s lead author, Xianglin Shi, Ph.D., in a press release issued by the American Association for Cancer Research. “What everyone seeks is an agent that has an effect on cancer cells but leaves normal cells alone, and this shows that grape seed extract fits into this category.”
In other words, they’re saying that they have ample proof to do further tests on grape seed extract against cancer, and that it is very likely to help.[spin]
After calling for more studies to confirm the results of the findings, Shi said, “”This is a natural compound that appears to have relatively important properties.”
[spin]Please don’t use this as an excuse to drink more wine. It’s the EXTRACT from the grape seed, highly condensed, that does the trick.
Maybe THAT’S why moxxor decided to put an extract from the New Zealand Sauvingnon grape seed into their product… VERY clever fellows, those fishermen founders of the MOXXOR company. And that’s just ONE ingredient (not even the primary ingredient) in the moxxor omega-3 product.
MOXXOR is a winner on many fronts. Check it out.
Reference:
Gao N, Budhraja A, Cheng S, Yao H, Zhang Z, Shi X. Induction of Apoptosis in Human Leukemia Cells by Grape Seed Extract Occurs via Activation of c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinase. Clinical Cancer Research. January 1, 2009. 15:140-149.