Lg. Menon et al., INHIBITION OF CHEMICAL-INDUCED CARCINOGENESIS BY RASAYANA - AN INDIGENOUS HERBAL PREPARATION, Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research, 15(3), 1996, pp. 241-243
Brahma Rasayana (BR), a non-toxic indigenous drug preparation, was fou
nd to inhibit the methylcholanthrene induced sarcoma development in mi
ce. Oral administration of 50 mg BR/mice, twice a week for ten weeks i
nhibited methylcholantrene induced carcinogenesis by 80% and enhanced
their life span. In fact, only 3 out of 15 animals of the BR treated g
roup died of tumor while all the animals in untreated group died whiti
n 120 days. These results indicate the potential use of this herbal dr
ug preparation in reducing cancer incidence.