This particular
plant happens to be selectively toxic to several cancers and does not generate
the protein that makes the body resistant to further treatment. We keep adding additional plants to our
growing arsenal of anti-tumor agencies and it is all welcome.
The human tragedy
is that most flee into the arms of western medicine without even working up a
protocol to suppress the cancer and support the natural capacity of the body to
fight the problem.
Yet our modern
protocols explicitly inform us that they will fail the majority of the time
while massively impacting the immune system and the body’s general health. Far too often what is offered is mere
postponement and to be totally fair, that is a bad bargain. A death sentence is best got over with as
quickly as possible if the alternative is severe pain and general distress.
Amazing
Medicinal Plant Kills Malignant Tumors and Destroys 70 Percent of Breast Cancer
Cells
January 24, 2014
Dr. Marianna Pochelli,
Beyond limited empirical observations, not all
medicinal plants have established scientific studies to support their
effectiveness. However, in the case of Brucea javanica, it is one of those plants in which scientific
investigations have provided enough evidence to prove that it has an impressive
efficacy for the treatment of cervical, bladder and pancreatic cancers. Its
selective toxicity has also been found to kill 70% of breast cancer cells.
Oncologists are still at a loss to find methods of
selectively killing cancer cells through the standard protocols of treatment
in chemotherapy and radiation. While damaging healthy cells is an inevitable
process through most cytotoxic drugs, chemotherapy also triggers them
to secrete a protein that sustains tumour growth and resistance to further treatment.
As more knowledge and research is being extended to
populations confined to conventional allopathic principles, the broad
categories of herbal and plant medicines are finally reaching the mainstream.
The effectiveness of medicinal plants and foods to treat cancer is perhaps
receiving the most widespread attention. Dietary anti-angiogenic foods alone have sparked so much interest in
the cancer community, that even veteran Physicians are beginning to recommend
them to cancer patients.
Brucea javanica (Brucea javanica (L.)
Merr) is one of those plants that needs far more recognition in this
catergory for its incredible ability to selectively kill cancer cells.
A shrub original from South-east Asia, and occurs
from Sri Lanka and India towards Indo-China, southern China, Taiwan, Thailand
and even northern Australia, B. javanica has been the subject of
hundreds of studies and clinical trials, all of them aimed to better understand
two main key issues: First how effective this plant really is; and secondly, if
it is so effective, which active constituents are responsible for its
anti-cancer properties.
B. javanica is a monoecious or dioecious shrub
or small tree that can grow up to 10 m tall with soft-haired twigs and leaves.
It prefers open localities such as light secondary forests and thickets, forest
edges, ridges, and even occurring in sunny places on sandy dunes and on
limestone. It grows under both per-humid and seasonal conditions from sea level
up to 900 m altitude
For several millennia, herbal preparations and
natural remedies from B. javanica have been shown to be effective in
treating many types of maladies including malaria, and amoebiasis as well as
cancer. Approximately half of the drugs currently in clinical use are of
natural origin, however many of these drugs become toxic with substantial side
effects due to the integration of artificial chemical compounds in their
formulas.
B. javanica contains alkaloids (brucamarine,
yatanine), glycosides/quassinoids (brucealin, yatanoside A and B, kosamine,
bruceantin, bruceantarin, bruceantinol), and phenol (brucenol, bruceolic acid).
The seeds contain brusatol and bruceine. The pulp oil contains fat,
oleic acid, linoleic acid, stearic acid, and palmitoleic acid. Fruit and leaves
contain tannin.
To date, 153 compounds have been reported from the
seeds and aerial parts of Brucea javanica. Quassinoids are the main
constituents of this species. The extract of Brucea javanica and the isolated
compounds, specifically quassinoids exhibit various biological properties and
are well known for their antitumor effects, especially how they are selectively
toxic to cancer cells.
A study in the American Journal of Medical Science demonstrated that the aqueous extract
from B. javanica and the induction of apoptosis by components
of B. javanica is an indicated mechanism by which it kills cancer
cells. The study found that B. javanica treatment lead to 70% cell
death in breast cancer cells.
Another study in the American Journal of Chinese Medicine from researchers at the Department of Urology,
The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine,
Hongzhou, China, found that B.
javanica oil significantly induces programmed cell death of
bladder cancer cells.
A study from the international journal Cancer Letters,
researchers showed that brucein D (BD), a quassinoid found abundantly
in B. javanicafruit, inhibited the growth of three pancreatic cancer cell
lines. They provided experimental evidence to support the traditional use of B.
javanica fruit in cancer treatment, and render BD a promising candidate for
further development into anti-pancreatic cancer agent.
Yet another study in the International
Journal of Molecular Medicine, demonstrated
the antiproliferative and apoptotic activities of B. javanicaalong with
other herbal traditional Chinese medicines. They concluded that the programmed
cell death of cancer cells activated by specific proteins was 5 times higher in
cells treated with B. javanica.
Bruceantin, a contituent of B.
javanica has also been found to interfere with the growth of leukemia, lymphoma, and
myeloma cells.
Regardless of centuries of empirical observation as
well as the scientifically documented evidence of B. javanica as a
medicinal plant and bonafide anti-cancer potential, the World Health
Organization (WHO)monographs of selected medicinal
plants, claims that no
medical uses for B. javanica are supported by clinical data.
About the Author
Dr.
Marianna Pochelli is a
Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine specializing in the treatment of disease
through superfoods and herbal strategies. She actively promotes detoxification,
colon cleansing, and a vegetarian lifestyle using living foods as a platform to
health.
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