The role of iron chelation activity of wheat grass juice in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome.
Mukhopadhyay. S., Basak. J., Kar. M., Mandal. S., Mukhopadhyay. A. 2009. J. Clin. Oncology 2009:7012
Twenty transfusion-dependent patients with the bone marrow disorder, myelodysplastic syndrome ("pre-leukemia"), were given 30ml fresh wheatgrass juice daily for 6 months. This resulted in significant iron chelating activity when compared with the pharmaceutical iron chelator, desferrioxamine. Mean serum ferritin levels fell from 2,250 to 950 and the mean interval between transfusion increased. The authors concluded that "wheatgrass juice is an effective iron chelator, and its use in reducing serum ferritin should be encouraged in myelodysplastic syndrome and other diseases where repeated blood transfusion is required."
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