Vitamins Kill Cancer Cells in Mice
NEW YORK - A combination of vitamins C and K3 appears to destroy prostate cancer cells, a discovery that could lead to new anti-cancer therapies, according to researchers. Dr. Jaczues Gilloteaux of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pa., and colleagues administered doses of a vitamin C/vitamin K3 combination to mice that had tumors composed of human prostate cancer cells. The vitamins were administered to the animals either orally, by injection or both.
According to Gilloteaux, all three groups of treated mice survived longer than the untreated mice (about 70 versus 60 days, respectively). Furthermore, 25 percent of mice treated via mouth survived long-term, compared with 12 percent of the animals treated via injection and none of the untreated animals. These results suggest that the vitamin therapy is more effective when administered in pill form, the researchers added.
Source: Natural Products Industry, Insider®, Volume 5, No. 2, February 7, 2000
NEW YORK - A combination of vitamins C and K3 appears to destroy prostate cancer cells, a discovery that could lead to new anti-cancer therapies, according to researchers. Dr. Jaczues Gilloteaux of Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Erie, Pa., and colleagues administered doses of a vitamin C/vitamin K3 combination to mice that had tumors composed of human prostate cancer cells. The vitamins were administered to the animals either orally, by injection or both.
According to Gilloteaux, all three groups of treated mice survived longer than the untreated mice (about 70 versus 60 days, respectively). Furthermore, 25 percent of mice treated via mouth survived long-term, compared with 12 percent of the animals treated via injection and none of the untreated animals. These results suggest that the vitamin therapy is more effective when administered in pill form, the researchers added.
Source: Natural Products Industry, Insider®, Volume 5, No. 2, February 7, 2000