potraviny/oleje/bavlnikovy
Gossypol - cottonseed oil - Gossyplum hirsutum - Gossypium herbaceum
- Male contraceptive, gossypol
- Metastatic carcinoma of the endometrium or ovary and HIV
- In vivo and in vitro studies have suggested that glossypol has cytotoxic and antitumor properties
- On many cytosolic and mitochondrial enzyme systems fundamental for tumor cell growth, including
- Melanoma,
- Endometrial, colon, lung, prostate, breast, brain, and adrenocor?tical cancer (Coyle, Levante, Shetler, & Winfield, 1994; Gilbert, O’Reilly, Chang, Lin, & Brueggemeier, 1995; Liang et al., 1995; Shidaifat et al., 1996; Wu, 1989).
- No typical dose is available for the treatment of cancer
- Self-medication with gossypol is considered unsafe because of its potential toxicity (Facts and Comparisons, 2001).
