Author: Lee Kyu-Jae//Park Seung-Kyu//Kim Jae-Won//Kim Gwang-Yong////
Affiliation: Dept. of Parasitology//Institute of Basic Medical Sciences//Dept. of Microbiology//Dept. of Biochemistry, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University (Wonju, Korea)//Dept. of biomedical Laboratory Science and Institute of health Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei Univ. (Wonju, Korea)
Conference/Journal: J Intl Soc Life Info Science
Date published: 2004
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Volume ID: 22 , Issue ID: 2 , Pages: 302 , Word Count: 135
Certain minerals can produce alkaline reduced water with high pH and low oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) when dissolved in water. Alkaline reduced water (ARW) showed significant anticancer effect. When B16 melanoma cells were inoculated subcutaneously and intra-peritoneally, C56BL/6 mice fed with ARW showed tumor growth delay and the survival span was significantly lengthened. ARW also showed the inhibition of metastasis by reducing the numbers of B16 melanoma colonies when injected through tail vein.
The amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was very reduced when fed with ARW except for spleen, which is a major organ for immunity. Even for normal mice, ARW invoked systemic cytokines, such as, Th1 (1FN-, Il-12) and Th2 (IL-4, IL-5), suggesting strong immuno-modulation effect. Both ROS scavenging effect and immuno-modulation effect might be responsible for anticancer effect of alkaline reduced water.