PSC Plant Stem Cells^TM Cancer Fighters:

Nature has provided an effective formula to maintain and restore good prostate health. The most effective cancer-fighting plants for the treatment of prostate cancer are those which contain oncophytoembryonic properties. The term oncophytoembryonic refers to phytochemical properties or agents of young plants used for the treatment of cancer (hence onco for oncology, the study of cancer; phyto for phytology, the study of plants; and embryonic for young plant tissue). A closer look at the plant properties found in PSC extracts will show how specific sterols, lignans, isoflavones, stress hormones and other inhibitory and neutralizing agents help to disrupt estrogen receptors and, by doing so, form a cancer-fighting team as estrogen blockers to protect the prostate tissue. Other activities decrease the binding affinities of many cancers. These plants detoxify and decongest the prostate and build up or regulate the immune system. Please note that there is a lot more to these plants phytochemistry than what is presented here these are only synopsis. If you care to learn more about these embryonic plants phytochemicals please visit us and join our educational webinar presented by Elizabeth Sheehan DC www.plantstemcells.net

★SOURCES OF ONCOPHYTOEMBRYONIC PROPERTIES

★Ash – Fraxinus excelsior (buds): Oncology Investigational: Antitumor, Anticarcinomic, Apoptotic. Potential for Neuroblastoma which is a cancer that forms in nerve tissue. It usually begins in the adrenal glands, which sit atop your kidneys. It may also begin in your neck, chest or spinal cord. Betulin a pentacyclic triterpenoid Inhibitors of Prostaglandin Synthesis Inhibit Human Prostate Tumor Cell Invasiveness and Reduce the Release of Matrix Metalloproteinases and induce apoptosis. A significant antioxidant effects of Fraxetin on glutathione status redox status, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta-mediated apoptosis by Fas pathway inhibition in human osteoblastic cell line MG-63. Fraxetin not only inhibited anti-Fas IgM-induced apoptosis, but also blocked the synergetic effect of anti-Fas IgM with TNF-alpha or IL-1beta on cell death.

Beech – Fagus sylvatica (buds): Prevents prostate cancer. Lignans and human consumption produce a large scale of human health implications. Studies have shown a correlation between the high consumption of lignans and the reduced risks of diseases such as prostate cancer. Lignans work on the immune system through the induction of cell differentiation, suppression of angiogenesis, and inhibition of tyrosine kinases and topoisomerases. If there is little estrogen in the body post-menopause, for example, lignans may act like weak estrogen; but when natural estrogen is too abundant in the body, lignans may instead reduce estrogen's effects by displacing it from cells. This displacement of the hormone may help prevent those cancers--breast and prostate cancers, for example--that depend on estrogen to start and develop.

Bilberry – Vaccinium myrtillus (young shoots): Prostate Adenoma. Prevents prostate cancer. Ferulic acid seems to reduce the risk of prostate cancer also a powerful anti-inflammatory.

Black Currant – Ribes nigrum (buds): Use as diuretic; as anti-inflammatory for edema, gout, renal insufficiency, prostate adenoma, post-glomerulonephritis; stimulates the kidneys; reduces prostaglandin E-2 production; contains (1) Indole Acetic Acid IAA to remove excess xenoestrogens, (2) kaempferol and quercetin to disrupt estrogen receptors, and (3) cytokinin to improve the immunity.

Black Elder – Sambucus nigra (buds): Contains beta-sitosterol for lowering cholesterol and easing symptoms of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH). A study published by The Lancet showed that men with BPH who took beta-sitosterol had significant improvements to urinary symptoms. Beta-sitosterol seems to reduce the cholesterol level in the prostate; also contains high amounts of vitamin A.

★Black Poplar – Populus nigra (buds): Contains galangin, an aromatase inhibitor, to prevent the conversion of testosterone to estrogen in both men and women.

Boxwood – Buxus sempervirens (young shoots): Contains CLA and linoleic acids, which decrease the risk for prostate cancer. Improves CD4 T-Cells main regulator of the immune system.

Bramble – Rubus fructicosus (young shoots): Contains ellagic acid, which has shown effectiveness in prostate cancer prevention.

Crab Apple – Malus sylvestris (buds): Use at 1:10 double strength. The fluid produced by the prostate gland also contains glutamic acid and may play a role in the normal function of the prostate.

★Chaste Tree – Vitex agnus castus (young shoots): Reduces elevated prolactin, which may be a risk factor for prostate enlargement in men; also stimulates progesterone production. Treatment not only of benign prostatic hyperplasia but also of human prostate cancer. Apoptosis-inducing and potential cytotoxic effects

Elm – Ulmus campestris (buds): Contains Alpha Sitosterol. Plant sterols have many claimed health benefits. Studies show that plant sterols have a weak estrogenic effect and that they act as weak agonists for estrogen receptors. Plant sterols have a structure similar to that of cholesterol. Plant sterols can modulate the immune system and can replace cholesterol in the intestinal micelles, thereby reducing cholesterol absorption. Epidemiological studies also show that consumption of plant sterols reduces the risk of cancer of colon, prostate, ovary, stomach and breast. Research has also shown that phytosterols such as beta-sitosterol may help normalize the function of T-helper lymphocytes and natural killer cells following stressful events. Beta-sitosterol seems to reduce the cholesterol level in the prostate and may work through its anti-inflammatory activity.

★European Alder – Alnus glutinosa (buds): Contains Emodin, as anti-aggregant, anti-inflammatory, antimutagenic, antiseptic, antitumor (yeast, leukemia, oral, prostate). Emodin treatment has shown to repress androgen-dependent transactivation of AR by inhibiting AR nuclear translocation. Emodin decreases the association of AR and heat shock protein 90 and increases the association of AR and MDM2, which in turn induces AR degradation through proteasome-mediated pathway in a ligand-independent manner. (See more about androgens under Silver Birch.) Emodin is capable of inhibiting cellular proliferation, inducing apoptosis, and preventing metastasis.

Giant Redwood – Sequoia gigantea (young shoots): This is one of the few plants in nature to contain vitamin D. The vitamin D receptor belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily of steroid/thyroid hormone receptors, and VDR are expressed by cells in most organs, including the brain, heart, skin, gonads, prostate, and breast. Use as tonic for prostate hypertrophy and adenoma (improves urinary comfort by decongesting and shrinking the prostate), and chronic prostatitis). Dosage: 3 to 30 drops, 3 times a day, depending on size of the prostate and how obstructive in urinary flow.

★Grape Vine – Vitis vinifera (buds): Contains coumarin (phenylpropanoids) as anticancer, antitumor (prostate); stimulates white blood cells in leucopenia. Resveratrol also increases the production of certain enzymes that have the capability to get rid of harmful estrogen metabolites. Resveratrol which induces apoptosis has anti-inflammatory properties and may be very useful for colon cancer prevention and for prevention of a wide variety of other tumors.

★Grey Alder – Alnus incana (buds): Use as a powerful anti-inflammatory; as lupeol apoptotic-chemopreventive agent against prostate cancer. The antifertility activity of lupeol to significant reduce the weight of reproductive organs, i.e., testes, epididymides, seminal vesicle and ventral prostate, was observed. "It may be possible to use (lupeol) in other cancers because it is able to suppress the NFkB protein, which is activated in many cancers like prostate cancer, breast cancer, skin cancer, and liver cancer.”

Horsetail – Equisetum arvense (young shoots): Silica content will assist in chelating a calcified prostate. However, to reduce the size of a prostate it is first necessary to make it malleable. Use as diuretic; excellent astringent for the genito-urinary system, urethral stricture, urinary lithiasis, prostate enlargement, dysuria.