descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 1993 English Publisher:Informa UK LimitedJournal:Leukemia & Lymphoma, volume 10, pages 343-345 (issn: 1042-8194, eissn: 1029-2403,

Authors: Jennie Treleaven; P.B. Farmer; Simon T. Meller; John M. Goldman; Gordon Piller; Derek Birchall;

doi: 10.3109/10428199309148558

pmid: 7693104

Arsenic and Ayurveda

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Abstract

Manufacture of an Ayurvedic arsenic-containing compound is described, which is currently in use in India to control blood counts of patients with haematological malignancies. The efficacy and side effects of this compound are evaluated in the light of the fact that arsenic was recognised to be of use in the control of blood counts from patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia as long as 100 years ago, in the West.

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Medical Research Council
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Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
Blood Cancer UK
United Kingdom
Royal Marsden Hospital
United Kingdom

Keywords

Leukemia, Plants, Medicinal, India, Antineoplastic Agents, History, 19th Century, Keratosis, History, 20th Century, Arsenicals, Blood Cell Count, Medicine, Ayurvedic, Metals, Splenomegaly, Humans, Child, Pigmentation Disorders, History, Ancient, Sulfur

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