CANCER BREAKTHROUGH: JAMAICAN scientist Dr. HENRY LOWE on Friday confirmed that he and his research team have uncovered two major developments related to Guinea Hen Weed's ability to fight cancer.... New anti-cancer discovery from Guinea Hen Weed....attacks and destroys cancer cells is by inhibiting a particular type of protein (called a Kinase) .

Sunday, March 09, 2014    

Jamaican scientist Dr Henry Lowe on Friday confirmed that he and his research team have uncovered two major developments related to Guinea Hen Weed's ability to fight cancer and that the findings will be published in a respected peer review journal next month.

LOWE… Guinea Hen Weed is recognised
 locally and internationally as one of the
most interesting and important medicinal
 plants in the world

Lowe told the Sunday Observer that his research team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine discovered that one of the ways by which Dibenzyl Trisulfide (DTS) — the major bioactive molecule in Guinea Hen Weed — attacks and destroys cancer cells is by inhibiting a particular type of protein (called a Kinase) which exists in cancer cells and which promotes cancer development.

"If these Kinases are not inhibited or destroyed, they help the cancer cells to survive as well as to spread throughout the body," Lowe, said.

He also revealed that a study of the anti-cancer potency of the Guinea Hen Weed products on the international market, compared to those available here, found that the local products are "significantly more potent" than their overseas commercial competitors, "by an average of 25 per cent".

The Guinea Hen Weed nutraceuticals
 developed by Dr Henry Lowe and
his research team.

That study, he said, was conducted by his Biotech R&D Institute, and the findings have been accepted for publication in the April 2014 issue of the International Journal of Cancer Research and Treatment.

He said that this is the first time that this particular scientific discovery has been made and reported, thus significantly advancing the potential of DTS as a major anti-cancer agent.

Lowe, who is known for his anti-cancer research using the Jamaican Ball Moss, appeared excited by the findings, given that he has developed nutraceuticals using local plants, including Guinea Hen Weed, and markets them under the Eden Gardens brand.

He said that Guinea Hen Weed, which is also called garlic weed (Petivera alliacea), is recognised locally and internationally as one of the most interesting and important medicinal plants in the world. more