Zusammenfassung
Die Rolle von Vitamin C (Ascorbinsäure) bei der Behandlung von Krebserkrankungen wird
seit Jahren sehr kontrovers diskutiert und hat im Bereich der Schulmedizin nicht allzu
viele Anhänger. Eine im September letzten Jahres publizierte Arbeit einer renommierten
Forschergruppe am NIH hat deshalb großes Aufsehen erregt, da hier, aufbauend auf Zellkulturversuchen,
der Vorschlag gemacht wurde, hochdosiertes Vitamin C durch intravenöse Applikation
bei der Therapie von Krebserkrankungen einzusetzen. Ascorbinsäure soll dabei über
die Generierung von H2O2 wirksam sein. Diese Arbeit wird hier vorgestellt und besprochen und in Relation zu
anderen möglichen Wirkungsmechanismen von Ascorbat gestellt.
Summary
The role of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) as an optional therapy of cancerous affections
has been discussed for a couple of years. So far, this kind of treatment has not found
many supporters. Based on cell cultures, a paper published in September 2005 by a
group of reputed researchers at the NIH, came to the conclusion that intravenous application
of high doses of vitamin C might have positive effects on cancer patients. It was
suggested that ascorbic acid could cause generation of H2O2. We comment on essentials of this paper, indicating relationships to other work on
the subject of potential mechanisms involved in connection with ascorbate.
Schlüsselwörter
Vitamin C - Ascorbinsäure - Krebstherapie - H2O2
- Wasserstoffperoxid - HIF - Warburg’sche Krebstheorie
Key words
Vitamin C - ascorbic acid - cancer control - H2O2
- hydrogen peroxide - HIF - Warburg’s cancer theory
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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gernot Bruchelt
Univ. Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 1
72076 Tübingen
Email: gernot.bruchelt@med.uni-tuebingen.de