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  • Anti-Helicobacter activities of Kakadu Plum and colloidal silver

    Author(s)
    Cock, Ian Edwin
    Whitehouse, Michael
    Nesterov, Vladimir
    Hancock, Gerald
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    Cock, Ian E.
    Whitehouse, Michael
    Year published
    2014
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    Background. The Kakadu Plum (KP) is wild-harvested in Northern Australia (Nt.WA) and a revered Aboriginal remedy for many ailments. The fruit is rich in ascorbate, other anti-oxidants and contains potent anti-bacterials (1). Colloidal metallic silver (CMS) preparations have shown anti-Helicobacter activity (2). Procedures. Gastric Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection was assessed with a MetAtron diagnostic monitor (IPP). Volunteers attending a naturopathic clinic took oral treatments with either dried KP extract (1 gm b.i.d.) or CMS (≤0.3 mg Ag b.i.d.) Lunasol™ for five days only. Probability indices for HP infection ...
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    Background. The Kakadu Plum (KP) is wild-harvested in Northern Australia (Nt.WA) and a revered Aboriginal remedy for many ailments. The fruit is rich in ascorbate, other anti-oxidants and contains potent anti-bacterials (1). Colloidal metallic silver (CMS) preparations have shown anti-Helicobacter activity (2). Procedures. Gastric Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection was assessed with a MetAtron diagnostic monitor (IPP). Volunteers attending a naturopathic clinic took oral treatments with either dried KP extract (1 gm b.i.d.) or CMS (≤0.3 mg Ag b.i.d.) Lunasol™ for five days only. Probability indices for HP infection were determined on days zero, 7, 14 and 28 to assess a) efficacy and b) duration of response post-treatment. [Protocols for clinical studies were approved by an appropriate Human Ethics Committee.] Results: KP extract effectively reduced gastric HP burden >85% within one week. The KP was particularly valuable as second-line treatment in a few subjects (3/17) showing lesser responses (≤40%) to CMS alone. Conclusion: At present, supply constraints and significant harvesting costs may limit the usefulness of KP as a pytotherapy to treat gastric inflammation/ulcers associated with HP. Nevertheless it is a valuable synergist for tandem therapy with other traditional remedies for ulcer disease eg Bismuth, licorice (2).
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    Conference Title
    ASCEPT 2014
    Publisher URI
    http://www.asceptasm.com/2014-annual-scientific-meeting/
    Subject
    Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/66371
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