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Fighting cancer with ursolic acid
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Ursolic acid (UA), an ursane-type pentacyclic triterpenic acid, can be found in the berries and leaves of several natural medicinal plants, including
By Marina T Alamanouabout a month ago in Longevity
Psychedelics Drug Development
"Mushrooms are miniature pharmaceutical factories, and of the thousands of mushroom species in nature, our ancestors and modern scientists have identified several dozen that have a unique combination of talents that improve our health". By Paul Stamets
By Marina T Alamanou2 months ago in Potent
Best phytochemicals for fighting cancer
Naturally occurring compounds, that may lead to the development of a new drug, have been sources for novel anti-cancer therapy for a long time. In fact, approximately 50% of all approved anti-cancer drugs from 1940 to 2014 originated from natural products (source). In particular, of the 175 small molecules approved between 1940s to the end of 2014, 49% of them were actually natural products or originated from natural products.
By Marina T Alamanou2 months ago in Longevity
The amazing anti-cancer potential of cucurbitacins
"The wish for healing has always been half of health". By Lucius Annaeus Seneca Cucurbitacins is a cluster of tetracyclic triterpenoids originated from various plants like Bryonia (or wild pumpkin), Cucumis (a genus which includes the cucumber, muskmelons, the horned melon and the West Indian gherkin), Cucurbita 🎃 (variously known as squash, pumpkin or gourd) and Lepidium sativum (sometimes referred to as garden cress or curly cress).
By Marina T Alamanou3 months ago in Longevity
Poop tech and gut feelings
“you aren't what you eat - you are what you don't poop.” By Wavy Gravy This is a story about trillions of bacteria living peacefully with trillions of cells in your body, and how alterations of your gut microbiome can affect everything and contribute to disease.
By Marina T Alamanou3 months ago in Longevity
When tech met depression
“The advice I’d give to somebody that’s silently struggling is: You don’t have to live that way. You don’t have to struggle in silence. You can be un-silent. You can live well with a mental health condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it, because it’s really important you share your experience with people so that you can get the help that you need.” By Demi Lovato
By Marina T Alamanou3 months ago in Psyche
Shikonin used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries is now targeting cancer
“I’m in good shape. My cancer means I have lost a lot of organs and I’m a lot lighter. I have devoted myself to yoga and I’m doing handstands.” By Eve Ensler, an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist
By Marina T Alamanou3 months ago in Longevity
Oridonin a potential anticancer agent
Herbal medicine's been around for thousands of years! Indeed it has. And then we tested it all, and the stuff that worked became medicine. And the rest of it's just a nice bowl of soup and some pot pourri. By Dara Ó Briain
By Marina T Alamanou4 months ago in Longevity
Curcumin anti-cancer properties and therapeutic activity
Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins to be soaked up glowing, when you pray to the nine planets for love and luck. By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (an Indian-American author, poet and Professor of Writing at the University of Houston)
By Marina T Alamanou4 months ago in Longevity
