Bowmann-Birk Inhibitor Concentrate (BBIC) from Soy May Help Treat Multiple Sclerosis
Filed in archive Drugs, Vaccines and Therapeutics , Food and Agriculture on December 14, 2006
A preparation from soy called Bowmann-Birk Inhibitor Concentrate (BBIC) appears to dramatically improve mobility and walking of an animal model with multiple sclerosis, and neurologists say that the substance may be useful as a single therapy, or in conjunction with conventional therapies used in treating MS, such as beta-interferon.
Further analysis revealed that the central nervous systems of animals that received BBIC showed "significantly less inflammation and demyelination" than those that didn't receive the therapy. "It's the first time that BBIC has been used in an EAE model and has shown significant disease suppression, and we hope it can eventually be used in humans," says Dr. Rostami. His group's next step is to design clinical trials in humans.
The researchers speculate that BBIC works by suppressing the immune response to some extent, or by inhibiting proteases responsible for the inflammation and demyelination in MS. They study has been published in the journal Multiple Sclerosis.
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Response from:
Gerald McCready
(12/19/06 1:31pm)
Response from:
Gerald McCready
(12/19/06 2:07pm)
Anything to help defeat MS will be helpful.
Response from:
ken
(12/23/06 6:47pm)
keep us informed
Response from:
Mark
(05/24/07 11:42pm)
Great news! now where can I but the Bowman Birk Inhibitor complex and the N-acetylglucosomine?
Response from:
Mark
(05/24/07 11:42pm)
Great news! now where can I buy the Bowman Birk Inhibitor complex and the N-acetylglucosomine?
Response from:
Mike Shaddick
(06/13/07 3:45am)
All the news that's fit to print. Now where do I get some? After MP4, various interferons, Copaxone, Mitoxantrone,goat serum etc, it would be nice to find something that worked!
Response from:
Mike Shaddick
(06/14/07 3:18am)
"Clarissa Medina"
Subject: Re: [NUTRICOLOGY]
You can buy as much N-Acetyl Glucosamine as you want.Good service.
Still trying to find Bowman-Birk.
rgds
Subject: Re: [NUTRICOLOGY]
You can buy as much N-Acetyl Glucosamine as you want.Good service.
Still trying to find Bowman-Birk.
rgds
Response from:
Debbie
(06/21/07 7:47pm)
As clinical trials go on and on and on, some of us get weaker and weaker and will try anything that give us hope.
Response from:
Debbie
(06/21/07 7:49pm)
As clinical trials go on and on and on, some of us get weaker and weaker and will try anything that gives us hope. If this might be valid, please push it through and give us a life again.
Response from:
Mike Shaddick
(06/22/07 2:23am)
Debbie, I know the feeling! Meanwhile, I have just got my N-acetyl glucosamine and am looking around for some Bowman-an Burk. I found some in the US, but sixty dollars a day is a little out of my league.
Response from:
Charles
(07/09/07 9:37am)
Hi to all - Sigma has BBIC but at much more than sixty dollars per day. Where is it available? The assay for it dates back to 1971 and took me months to locate. I finally found it in print and purchased the buffer, substrate etc. to test any purchased BBIC. The color change (yellow) is inversely proportional to the potency.
Response from:
Robert
(07/16/10 9:08pm)
The active ingredient is actually Lunasin, found in soybean meal, barley green, wheat sprouts, species of night shade, etc. The least expensive means of consuming lunasin would be to eat soybean meal. A fifty pound sack is about $9.00. I've tested it and it works in humans and animals. Good dietary supplements are also available. Try Cell Guard.
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