Adjunct treatment with herbo-mineral and metallic Ayurvedic drugs appears to have a significant effect on reducing the toxic side effects of chemotherapy drugs in cancer patients. Our preliminary data suggests that Ayurvedic treatment should be given simultaneously from the beginning of chemotherapy to have the desired effect. However, there is a need to extend this work by conducting a well-planned two-armed study on cancer patients with defined cancer sites with selected Ayurvedic drug combinations, and observing the patients for a longer period of time to confirm the effectiveness of Ayurvedic drugs in reducing the side effects of chemotherapy.
Topical application of sterilizing doses of apholate causes haematological changes in the adults of Dysdercus koenigii. The normal males have less haemolymph (13–16 μl) than females (18–37 μl) for the first 120 hr of adult life. Apholate treatment significantly reduces the haemolymph volume of both the sexes. There are significantly more haemocytes in circulation in adult females than in males. The total haemocyte count shows an initial increase up to 48 hr, but later indicates a drastic reduction in the treated males and females. The plasmatocytes of the treated insects are found to reduce in numbers and the prohaemocytes become the predominant type, while in controls the plasmatocytes are the major type of haemocytes.
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HÄMATOLOGISCHE WIRKUNGEN VON APHOLAT BEI DER ROTEN BAUMWOLLWANZE, DYSDERCUS KOENIGII
Topicale Anwendung von sterilisierenden Dosen von Apholat verursacht hämatologische änderungen bei den Adulten von Dysdercus koenigii. Die normalen Männchen haben weniger Hämolymphe (13–16 μl) als Weibchen (18–37 μl) in den ersten 120 h des adulten Lebens. Apholatbehandlung reduziert signifikant das Hämolymphvolumen beider Geschlechter. Es sind signifikant mehr Hämocyten im Umlauf bei adulten Weibchen als bei Männchen. Zählung der Gesamthämocyten zeigt bei behandelten Männchen und Weibchen ein anfängliches Anwachsen bis zu 48 h, später aber eine drastische Reduktion. Die Zahl der Plasmatocyten der behandelten Insekten erwies sich als abnehmend und die Prohämocyten werden der überwiegende Typ, während in der Kontrolle die Plasmatocyten der Haupttyp der Hämocyten sind.
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