Re: Asimina Triloba (Paw Paw)
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Originally Posted by luisport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=d8CKs5S74v8
Paw Paw- The Strongest Anti-Cancer Plant?
As if those arent enough, Paw Paw bark may be of the strongest anti-cancer substances out there, sharing similar traits to the now-famous, exotic South American Graviola tree leaves and twigs (the tree that produces the Soursop fruit). In fact, a large-scale Purdue University study found that it had the strongest anti-cancer abilities of any such fruit/plant on the North and South American continents, even more than soursop/graviola in vitro.
Two studies published in 1997 by a Purdue University researcher Dr. Jerry McLaughlin, who has published more than 330 scientific papers and secured several patents for his work, and a doctoral student, and found that compounds in the bark of the tree showed preliminary success in fighting against drug-resistant cancers.
The Paw Paw compounds are not only effective in killing tumors that have proven resistant to anti-cancer agents, but they also seem to have a special affinity for such resistant cells, an article on the Purdue News website noted.
Over 40 anti-cancer compounds were found in Paw Paw bark, although McLaughlin noted that cancer cells are very complex and difficult to kill in humans. A follow-up study was undertaken, but not enough has been done as of yet to determine the ultimate effects in humans.
This “Tropical” Midwestern Fruit is the Strongest Against Cancer Cells on Two Continents, Study Says | AltHealthWorks.com
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Thank you for posting this information and giving your input. There's a good book you may want to look into called "Your Fourth Choice" that explains how Pawpaw is used as an alternative cancer treatment. It was very interesting! It is very cool to think that Pawpaw, a Native American fruit tree that has been here for thousands of years provides us with nutrition and disease fighting but so many people have no clue what this fruit is.. thanks again for the info
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I am very fascinated and excited about growing Pawpaws (Asimina triloba). I also am equally fascinated and excited to be growing: Pawpaw cultivars, Echinacea purpurea 'magnus', Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed, Musa basjoo Cold Hardy Banana, Lycium barbarum 'Sweet Lifeberry', Passiflora incarnata 'hardy native maypop'.
Future projects: Indigenous/native host plants for butterflies such as: Zizia aurea Golden Alexanders, Eutrochium maculatum Joe Pye Weed, Asclepias incarnata Rose Milkweed.
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