Research on the Mineral Molybdenum
The following articles are presented as support for the
possible use of ionic minerals and molybdenum as a dietary supplement and nutritional
supplement. You will find more on molybdenum here.
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GENERAL MOLYBDENUM RESEARCH
Anon. (1983) Int Clin Nut Rev, 3(1), 45.
Molybdenum deficiency may be the single greatest factor in
the causation of oesophageal cancer in Chinese men. Oesphageal cancer specimens taken from men living in high risk
areas have shown a significant reduction in molybdenum levels compared to normal
oesophageal specimens, and appears to be due to the low molybdenum (and zinc,) content of cereal grains and drinking water found in high
risk areas.
The anti-neoplastic properties of molybdenum include inhibition of the growth of Ehrlich
ascites tumours in mice and inhibition of nitrosamine induced stomach cancer of mice.
Levels of nitrosamines and their precursors were found to be high in staple foods
collected from high risk areas of China. Molybdenum is essential to a number of
oxidation-reduction enzymes of bacteria and algae which convert the nitrogen components in
the soil to ammonia and when plants are high in molybdenum they contain
less nitrates and nitrites.
Seifter, E., Weinzweig, S., & Opler, L. (1986) Am J
Clin Nutr, 46, 22.
The possible role of molybdenum
in the prevention of tumor formation was reviewed by Dr. E. Seifter and colleagues at
Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The research on molybdenum
is limited, but evidence shows that this trace mineral might be important in the
metabolism of nitrogenous compounds. When animals are fed plants that have been grown on
ammonia-rich soil or urea-rich soil, both nitrogenous compounds, they become molybdenum deficient. In addition, plants that have converted
ammonia from fertilizers into nitrites and have stored the nitrites in their tissues are
mutagenic and carcinogenic to animals who eat them.
The authors conclude that the potential link between molybdenum
and tumorigenesis justifies further research on the therapeutic and preventive effects of molybdenum supplementation in cancer.
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