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Boerhaavia diffusa extract curbs experimental melanoma metastasis
April 19th, 2005
Boerhaavia diffusa extract curbs experimental melanoma metastasis.
According to published research from India, "administration of the aqueous methanol (3:7) extract of B.dififusa was found to be effective in reducing the metastases formation by B16F10 melanoma cells."
"Prophylactic administration of the extract (0.5mg/dose) inhibited the metastases formation by about 95% as compared to untreated control animals. There was 87% of inhibition in the lung metastases formation in syngenic C57BL/6 mice, when the extract was administered simultaneously with tumor challenge," said P.V. Leyon and colleagues, Amala Cancer Research...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-04-19)
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