MSC, un nouveau produit naturel, contenant de la benzoquinone, avec des effets antimétastatiques
B. Szende, E. Rásó, J. Bocsi, K. Lapis, L. Prónai, M. Hídvégi, R. Tömösköziné Farkas, S. Paku
Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals, 1999
Résumé
An orally applicable fermentation product of wheat germ containing 0.04% substituted benzoquinone (MSC) has been invented by Hungarian chemists under the trade name of AVEMAR. Oral administration (3 g/kg body weight) of MSC enhances blastic transformation of splenic lymphocytes in mice. The same treatment shortens the survival time of skin grafts in a co-isogenic mouse skin transplantation model, pointing to the immune-reconstructive effect of MSC. A highly significant antimetastatic effect of MSC has been (»)
Effets d'Avemar et Avemar + vitamine C sur la croissance et les métastases du cancer chez les animaux experimentaux
B. Szende, E. Rásó, K. Lapis, M. Hídvégi, R. Tömösközi-Farkas, S. Paku
Anticancer Research, 1998
Résumé
Because of the observed immunostimulatory actions of a new fermented wheat germ extract--with standardized benzoquinone composition--we have investigated the eventual tumor growth- and metastasis-inhibiting effects of this preparation (Avemar) applied alone or in combination with vitamin C. Tumor models of different origin [a highly metastatic variant of the Lewis lung carcinoma (3LL-HH), B16 melanoma, a rat nephroblastoma (RWT-M) and a human colon carcinoma xenograft (HCR25)]--kept in artificially immunosu (»)