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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Fresh Lemon Grass Drink kills all cancer cells:

Fresh lemon grass fields in Israel become Mecca for cancer patients 
By Allison Kaplan Sommer         Jan,1, 2011




A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt
cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube.

Israeli researchers find way
to make cancer cells self-destruct
- Ben Gurion University

At first, Benny Zabidov, an Israeli agriculturalist who grows greenhouses
 full of lush spices on a pastoral farm in Kfar Yedidya in the Sharon region,
couldn't understand why so many cancer patients from around the country
were showing up on his doorstep asking for fresh lemon grass. It turned
out that their doctors had sent them. 'They had been told to drink eight
glasses of hot water with fresh lemon grass steeped in it on the days that
 they went for their radiation and chemotherapy treatments,' Zabidov told
ISRAEL21c. 'And this is the place you go to in Israel for fresh lemon grass.'

It all began when researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev
discovered last year that the lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass kills
cancer cells in vitro, while leaving healthy cells unharmed. The research
team was led by Dr. Rivka Ofir and Prof. Yakov Weinstein, incumbent of the
Albert Katz Chair in Cell-Differentiatio n and Malignant Diseases, from
the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at BGU.



Citral is the key component that gives the lemony aroma and taste in
several herbal plants such as lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus), melissa
(Melissa officinalis) and verbena (Verbena officinalis. )

According to Ofir, the study found that citral causes cancer cells to
'commit suicide: using apoptosis, a mechanism called programmed cell death.'
A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to
prompt the cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube.

The BGU investigators checked the influence of the citral on cancerous
cells by adding them to both cancerous cells and normal cells that were
grown in a petri dish. The quantity added in the concentrate was
equivalent to the amount contained in a cup of regular tea using one
 gram of lemon herbs in hot water. While the citral killed the cancerous
 cells, the normal cells remained unharmed.

The findings were published in the scientific journal Planta Medica,
which highlights research on alternative and herbal remedies.
 Shortly afterwards, the discovery was featured in the popular Israeli press.
Why does it work? Nobody knows for certain, but the BGU scientists
have a theory. 'In each cell in our body, there is a genetic program
which causes programmed cell death. When something goes wrong,
 the cells divide with no control and become cancer cells.. In normal
cells, when the cell discovers that the control system is not operating
correctly - for example, when it recognizes that a cell contains faulty
genetic material following cell division - it triggers cell death,' explains Weinstein.
'This research may explain the medical benefit of these herbs.'
The success of their research led them to the conclusion that herbs
containing citral may be consumed as a preventative measure against
certain cancerous cells. As they learned of the BGU findings in the press,
many physicians in Israel began to believe that while the research certainly
 needed to be explored further, in the meantime it would be advisable for
their patients, who were looking for any possible tool to fight their condition,
to try to harness the cancer-destroying properties of citral.
That's why Zabidov's farm - the only major grower of fresh lemon grass
in Israel - has become a pilgrimage destination for these patients. Luckily,
 they found themselves in sympathetic hands. Zabidov greets visitors with
a large kettle of aromatic lemon grass tea, a plate of cookies, and a
supportive attitude. 'My father died of cancer, and my wife's sister died
young because of cancer,' said Zabidov.. 'So I understand what they are
dealing with. And I may not know anything about medicine, but I'm a good
listener. And so they tell me about their expensive painful treatments and
 what they've been through. I would never tell them to stop being treated,
but it's great that they are exploring alternatives and drinking the lemon
grass tea as well.'

Zabidov knew from a young age that agriculture was his calling. At age 14,
he enrolled in the Kfar Hayarok Agricultural high school. After his army service,
 he joined an idealistic group which headed south, in the Arava desert region,
to found a new moshav (agricultural settlement) called Tsofar. 'We were very
successful; we raised fruits and vegetables, and,' he notes with a smile,
'We raised some very nice children.'
On a trip to Europe in the mid-80s, he began to become interested in herbs.
 Israel , at the time, was nothing like the trend-conscious cuisine-oriented
country it is today, and the only spices being grown commercially were
basics like parsley, dill, and coriander. Wandering in the Paris market,
looking at the variety of herbs and spices, Zabidov realized that there was
 a great export potential in this niche. He brought samples back home with
 him, 'which was technically illegal,' he says with a guilty smile, to see how
they would grow in his desert greenhouses. Soon, he was growing basil,
oregano, tarragon, chives, sage, marjoram and melissa, and mint just to
 name a few..

His business began to outgrow his desert facilities, and so he decided
to move north, settling in the moshav of Kfar Yedidya, an hour and a
half north of Tel Aviv. He is now selling 'several hundred kilos' of lemon grass
 per week, and has signed with a distributor to package and put it in health
food stores. Zabidov has taken it upon himself to learn more about the
properties of citral, and help his customers learn more, and has invited
medical experts to his farm to give lectures about how the citral works
and why.
He also felt a responsibility to know what to tell his customers about
its use. 'When I realized what was happening, I picked up the phone
 and called Dr. Weinstein at Ben-Gurion University , because these
people were asking me exactly the best way to consume the citral.
He said to put the loose grass in hot water, and drink about eight
glasses each day.'

Zabidov is pleased by the findings, not simply because it means
business for his farm, but because it might influence his own health.
Even before the news of its benefits were demonstrated, he and his
 family had been drinking lemon grass in hot water for years,
'just because it tastes good.'



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