Graviola

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Soursop guanábana custard apple brazilian paw paw Graviola.
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Graviola, soursop or guanábana is a fruit native to the humid regions of Central and South America. A formerly obscure fruit for those not in those regions, it has gained some notoriety recently for being promoted as an alternative cancer treatment.

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[edit] Cancer woo

The fruit itself is not the active ingredient studied, but rather extracts from seeds, leaves, bark and twigs of the plant. [1] A 1996 study [2] did find extracts from the seeds to be potent against colon adecarcinoma cells. However, it was done into a in vitro sample of the cells and not humans, and was only compared to one kind of chemotherapy drug.

[edit] Side effects

Graviola has been proven to be neurotoxic. A study done by the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center showed a high frequency of Parkinson's in the French West Indies, where Graviola is popular as food and medicine. The root cause was dopamine-degenerating alkaloids in seeds and roots. [3] So, not only is it ineffective, but dangerous if used carelessly.

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. http://www.cancernetwork.com/integrative-oncology/graviola-annona-muricata
  2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8991944
  3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11835443
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