Oxidative stress markers after laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy.

Background: Surgical injury is associated with oxidative stress, often due to ischemia/reperfusion injury. During laparoscopy, increased intra-abdominal pressure caused by pneumoperitoneum may cause splanchnic ischemia followed by reperfusion due to deflation. We measured several markers of oxidative stress in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) versus open cholecystectomy (OC) to find if these surgical procedures result in different patterns of oxidative stress.

Anticancer and antioxidative effects of micronized zeolite clinoptilolite.

Background: Treatment of cancer-bearing mice and dogs with micronized zeolite clinoptilolite (MZ) led to improvement of the overall health status, prolongation of life span and decrease of tumor size in some cases. It also reduced lipid peroxidation in the liver of mice.

Materials And Methods: The experiments were performed on various tumor cell cultures and tumor-bearing animals.

An overview on anticancer activities of the Viscum album extract Isorel.

The activity principle of the mistletoe (Viscum album L.) phytotherapeutics could be considered as combined cytotoxic and "biological response modifying" activities (increasing host defense against cancer) that result from the activities of the plant lectins and the other biologically relevant substances. We found before that the aqueous extract Isorel, produced by Novipharm GmbH (Pörtschach, Austria) from the entire plant (planta tota) of fresh mistletoe under standardized conditions with bioassay validated batch consistency, can be valuable in experimental adjuvant cancer therapy increasing efficiency of cyclophosphamide chemotherapy.