cancer-fighting tea set for clinical trials in ontario
A Calgary company has been involved in a clinical trial trying to take advantage of potential cancer --
Operational properties of a common weedAOR Inc.
A special formula of dandelion root tea is being developed and will be tested on patients in Ontario.
30 patients tested cancer in Dandelion
George Templeton, director of operations at AOR, told CBC News that killing potential \"Dandelion has been in medical use for centuries . \".
\"In the past few decades, it has begun to be used for cancer treatment, mainly through the patient himself. medicating.
\"These two groups are made by a non-
The profit organization that helped fund the project, Mitacs.
\"We have scientifically verified that dandelion root extract has very strong resistance.
Cancer activity . \"
According to Pandey, Siryaram Pandey, professor of biochemistry at the University of Windsor, the tea was developed as a therapeutic agent rather than a nutritional supplement.
How tea is made after a year and a half of hard work, scientists at the Calgary Laboratory have developed a dandelion tea powder that is six to ten times as effective as a health food store.
Grind dandelion roots, make extracts, and freeze themdried.
The final product is a fine mustard powder that the patient can dissolve in hot water and drinks.
Rachel Jacyszyn said: \"We \'ve gone through a lot of trials to find out what works and what doesn\'t,\" AOR\'s research assistant \"We finally found something that works \", AOR is now working to produce 6,000 doses of tea for clinical trials at the cancer center in the Windsor area. Dr.
Caroline Hamm, a medical oncologist at Windsor Cancer Center, Ontario.
Who was leading the study, she saw some improvement in patients who drank dandelion root tea purchased at the health food store, \"most of the responses I saw were short.
\"But there\'s a signal there and I think it\'s worth looking into further,\" she said . \".
Hamm expects the trial to begin within the next month.