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Plant Remedies
Sesame Oil research
Ayurvedic Use Of Sesame
Oil
Ayurvedic medicine
recommends regular topical application to the skin of sesame oil, above
allother oils, as a health-promoting procedure. Scientists at the
Department of Physiological and Biological Sciences, Maharishi
International University, Fairfield, Iowa USA examined the effect of
sesame oil and several other vegetable oils and their major component
fatty acids on the proliferation rate of human normal and malignant
melanocytes growing at similar rates in serum-free media. The scientists
found that sesame and safflower oils, both of which contain large amounts
of linoleate in triglyceride form, selectively inhibited malignant
melanoma growth over normal melanocytes whereas coconut, olive and mineral
oils, did not.
These oils were tested at a range of 10-300
micrograms/ml. These results suggest that certain vegetable oils rich in
linoleic acid, such as the sesame oil, recommended for topical use br
Ayurveda, may contain selective antineoplastic properties which are
similar to those demonstrated for essential polyunsaturated fatty acids
and their metabolites. This suggests that whole vegetable oils may have
potential therapeutic clinical usefulness.
- Smith DE; Salerno JW.
Selective growth inhibition of a human malignant melanoma cell line by
sesame oil in vitro. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids
(Scotland) Jun 1992, 46 (2) pl145-50.
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