10/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook
Cachexia is the weakness and wasting of the body that stems from cancer, inflammation, and other chronic ailments. An Indian research team believe that an extract from the root of the ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) can help amend cachexia in cancer patients.
The study was supported by Manipal University. The results came out in the journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Based on their findings, the researchers believed that ashwagandha root extract could be used to improve cancer-related cachexia and reduce the runaway growth of leukemic cells.
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Journal Reference:
Naidoo DB, Chuturgoon AA, Phulukdaree A, Guruprasad KP, Satyamoorthy K, Sewram V. WITHANIA SOMNIFERA MODULATES CANCER CACHEXIA ASSOCIATED INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND CELL DEATH IN LEUKAEMIC THP-1 CELLS AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS (PBMC’S). BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 10 April 2018;18(1). DOI: 10.1186/s12906-018-2192-y
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