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From: ironjustice on 19 Apr 2008 11:48
THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
Volume 14, Number 3, 2008, pp. 299–301
The Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill Extract Normalizes
Liver Function in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
CHUNG-HUA HSU, M.D., Ph.D.,1,2 KUNG-CHANG HWANG, M.D.,3 YI-HSIUNG
CHIANG, M.D.,4
and PESUS CHOU, Dr.P.H.2,4
ABSTRACT
Background: Hepatitis B is a global health problem. Use of
complementary and alternative medicine has
been popular among patients with hepatitis B. This 1-year open-label
pilot study aims to observe whether Agaricus
blazei Murill extract improves liver function in patients with
hepatitis B.
Methods: This study involved 12 months of clinical observation. Four
(4) patients with hepatitis B who met
the criteria (1) aged between 20 and 65 years; (2) being Chinese; (3)
having been a hepatic B carrier (HBAg())
for more than 3 years; (4) alanine aminotransferase 100 IU/L; and (5)
not taking lamivudine, -interferon, or
other drugs for hepatitis participated in the study with informed
consent. The enrolled patients were given Agaricus
blazei Murill (ABM) extract of 1500 mg daily for 12 months. The level
of alanine aminotransferase was
taken as the major outcome measurement.
Results: At the end of the study, the mean level of aspartate
aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase
decreased from 246.0 ( standard deviation [SD] 138.9) to 61.3 ( SD
32.6) IU/L and 151.0 ( SD 86.9) to
46.1 ( SD 22.5) IU/L, respectively.
Conclusions: Our initial observation seems to indicate the potential
benefit of ABM extract in normalizing
liver function of patients with hepatitis B. Controlled studies with
larger samples should be conducted in the
future.
© Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6344

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ABM Mushroom

In the seventies, two researchers from Penn State visited the Sao
Paulo, Brazil area and discovered the local natives to be extremely
healthy with a very low rate of disease. The longevity rate was
disproportionately high with people living well over 100. Their
secret? It was a simple mushroom, they told the researchers, the ABM
mushroom (Agaricus Blazei Murill).

Subsequent studies over the next 25 years have shown the ABM to
stimulate the immune system and promote natural mechanisms to battle
infectious disease and cancers. ABM stimulates lymphocyte T-cell and
Helper T-cell production. The polysaccharide contained in ABM
stimulates production of interferon and interleukin that indirectly
function to destroy and prevent the proliferation of cancer cells.
Additionally, ABM turned out to be a very powerful antiviral agent
preventing viruses from entering tissues.

Normally, the polysaccharides found in fungus only affect solid
cancers, however the polysaccharide in ABM is effective against
Ehrich's ascites carcinoma, sigmoid colonic cancer, ovarian cancer,
breast cancer, lung cancer, and liver cancer as well as against solid
cancers.

In Japan, ABM, in an injectable form, was found to eliminate all
cancerous tumors in 90% of the experimental mice. Additionally, when
the mice were fed ABM as a preventative and then injected with a very
powerful cancer causing agent (Sarcoma 180), 99.4% of them showed no
tumor growth. Conventional medicine has no preventive this powerful.

The studies in Japan showed ABM to be 80% more effective than the
world's number one cancer drug, PSK. It contains much higher levels of
beta glucans than the other medicinal mushrooms (Maitake, Shiitake,
and Reishi) and stimulates NK (Natural Killer) cell activity.

It should be noted that the beta-glucans in these mushrooms work best
when taken with vitamin C.

The studies in Japan were so successful that today Japan is now buying
over 90% of the available ABM from Brazil.


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From: ironjustice on 19 Apr 2008 15:11
On Apr 19, 8:48 am, "ironjust...(a)aol.com" <ironjust...(a)aol.com> wrote:

Journal of Food Science
Volume 49 Issue 2 Page 531-535, March 1984

To cite this article: S. R. PLATT, F. M. CLYDESDALE (1984) Binding of
Iron by Cellulose, Lignin, Sodium Phytate and Beta-Glucan, Alone and
in Combination, Under Simulated Gastrointestinal pH Conditions
Journal of Food Science 49 (2) , 531–535 doi:10.1111/j.
1365-2621.1984.tb12460.x


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Abstract
Binding of Iron by Cellulose, Lignin, Sodium Phytate and Beta-Glucan,
Alone and in Combination, Under Simulated Gastrointestinal pH
Conditions
S. R. PLATT11Authors Platt and Clydesdale are affiliated with the
Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition, Massachusetts Agricultural
Experiment Station, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003. and F.
M. CLYDESDALE11Authors Platt and Clydesdale are affiliated with the
Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition, Massachusetts Agricultural
Experiment Station, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.1Authors
Platt and Clydesdale are affiliated with the Dept. of Food Science &
Nutrition, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, Univ. of
Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003.
Paper No. 2642, Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station, Univ.
of Massachusetts at Amherst. This research supported in Part from
Experiment Station Project No NE116 and a grant from General Mills
Inc., Minneapolis, MN.

ABSTRACT

Cellulose (Ce), Lignin (L), Na phytate (P) and beta-glucan (G), alone,
and in combination, were evaluated as to their effect on iron profiles
in model systems containing FeSO4 • 7H2O under simulated
gastrointestinal pH conditions. Both cellulose and lignin alone, were
found to bind a high percentage of the iron in an insoluble form at pH
5.7±0.4 and pH 6.6±0.1, but less at pH 2.0±0.1. However, in the
presence of other model components, cellulose unlike lignin had a
minimal effect on total binding at all pH levels. Na phytate, alone,
formed soluble complexes at all pH levels and when added to lignin led
to the solubiization of some of the iron bound to lignin. Beta-glucan
formed soluble iron complexes, which appeared to have a low binding
strength with iron.


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> THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
> Volume 14, Number 3, 2008, pp. 299–301
> The Mushroom Agaricus blazei Murill Extract Normalizes
> Liver Function in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
> CHUNG-HUA HSU, M.D., Ph.D.,1,2 KUNG-CHANG HWANG, M.D.,3 YI-HSIUNG
> CHIANG, M.D.,4
> and PESUS CHOU, Dr.P.H.2,4
> ABSTRACT
> Background: Hepatitis B is a global health problem. Use of
> complementary and alternative medicine has
> been popular among patients with hepatitis B. This 1-year open-label
> pilot study aims to observe whether Agaricus
> blazei Murill extract improves liver function in patients with
> hepatitis B.
> Methods: This study involved 12 months of clinical observation. Four
> (4) patients with hepatitis B who met
> the criteria (1) aged between 20 and 65 years; (2) being Chinese; (3)
> having been a hepatic B carrier (HBAg( ))
> for more than 3 years; (4) alanine aminotransferase  100 IU/L; and (5)
> not taking lamivudine,  -interferon, or
> other drugs for hepatitis participated in the study with informed
> consent. The enrolled patients were given Agaricus
> blazei Murill (ABM) extract of 1500 mg daily for 12 months. The level
> of alanine aminotransferase was
> taken as the major outcome measurement.
> Results: At the end of the study, the mean level of aspartate
> aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase
> decreased from 246.0 (  standard deviation [SD] 138.9) to 61.3 (  SD
> 32.6) IU/L and 151.0 (  SD 86.9) to
> 46.1 (  SD 22.5) IU/L, respectively.
> Conclusions: Our initial observation seems to indicate the potential
> benefit of ABM extract in normalizing
> liver function of patients with hepatitis B. Controlled studies with
> larger samples should be conducted in the
> future.
> © Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
> DOI: 10.1089/acm.2006.6344
>
> -------------------------------http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/cancer1/altthrpy.htm
>
> ABM Mushroom
>
> In the seventies, two researchers from Penn State visited the Sao
> Paulo, Brazil area and discovered the local natives to be extremely
> healthy with a very low rate of disease. The longevity rate was
> disproportionately high with people living well over 100. Their
> secret? It was a simple mushroom, they told the researchers, the ABM
> mushroom (Agaricus Blazei Murill).
>
> Subsequent studies over the next 25 years have shown the ABM to
> stimulate the immune system and promote natural mechanisms to battle
> infectious disease and cancers. ABM stimulates lymphocyte T-cell and
> Helper T-cell production. The polysaccharide contained in ABM
> stimulates production of interferon and interleukin that indirectly
> function to destroy and prevent the proliferation of cancer cells.
> Additionally, ABM turned out to be a very powerful antiviral agent
> preventing viruses from entering tissues.
>
> Normally, the polysaccharides found in fungus only affect solid
> cancers, however the polysaccharide in ABM is effective against
> Ehrich's ascites carcinoma, sigmoid colonic cancer, ovarian cancer,
> breast cancer, lung cancer, and liver cancer as well as against solid
> cancers.
>
> In Japan, ABM, in an injectable form, was found to eliminate all
> cancerous tumors in 90% of the experimental mice. Additionally, when
> the mice were fed ABM as a preventative and then injected with a very
> powerful cancer causing agent (Sarcoma 180), 99.4% of them showed no
> tumor growth. Conventional medicine has no preventive this powerful.
>
> The studies in Japan showed ABM to be 80% more effective than the
> world's number one cancer drug, PSK. It contains much higher levels of
> beta glucans than the other medicinal mushrooms (Maitake, Shiitake,
> and Reishi) and stimulates NK (Natural Killer) cell activity.
>
> It should be noted that the beta-glucans in these mushrooms work best
> when taken with vitamin C.
>
> The studies in Japan were so successful that today Japan is now buying
> over 90% of the available ABM from Brazil.
>
> Who loves ya.
> Tom
>
> Jesus Was A Vegetarian!http://tinyurl.com/2r2nkh
>
> Man Is A Herbivore!http://tinyurl.com/a3cc3
>
> DEAD PEOPLE WALKINGhttp://tinyurl.com/zk9fk

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