Guest guest Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Here we go again - the pharmo-medical industry having a go at phytotherapy! There are more questions raised than answered by this study: - what preparation of Black Cohosh was used - an 'extract' is mentioned, but does this correspond to the traditional herbal preparation? - are the results reproducible - one clinical trial does not make a conclusion, but one study does make a statistic, which means further trials are indicated before a conclusion can be reached - did the trial find Black Cohosh to have an equally toxic effect on the breast cancer cells - that is, did they too die off sooner, which would indicate that a lower dosage of the drugs would be required? Also, what about all those people taking (or wanting to take) Black Cohosh but are not taking the drugs in question? There is no way the effects of Black Cohosh alone in breast cancer patients could be predicted from this study. Trouble is, everyone believes what they read in the paper - don't they? I read the other day that Elvis was still alive somewhere! Arwel MB BCh Dip.Phyt. Chester -------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 Dear All Looks like another Kava. However, we are already two months into tissue culture testing and looking at different extracts so we should have a better chance with this one. Whitton Phyto-Research Ltd Innovations Centre Loughborough University Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3TU Tel: 01509 228707 Fax 01509 228705 Mob: 07973 143 738 email: awhitton@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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