"Tahitian Plant Could Fight TB"
BBC News Online (www.bbc.co.uk) (12/18/00);
Duce, John
Researchers say that a Tahitian plant
may be useful in fighting tuberculosis
(TB), which takes the lives of about 2 million people each
year.
The researchers, led by Jonel Saludes, who was formerly based at the
University
of Santo Tomas in Manila, studied the "Noni" plant, also known as
Morinda citrofolia. The plant, already used as
a folk remedy to fight a variety of
conditions, has chemical compounds that the investigators found
were
able to kill TB bacteria in the lab. While the research is still in its
early
stages and any possible side effects are not known, the authors said
M O R I N D A * 'S E - M A I L B L
A S T
May 31 - June 5, 1999
Topic: Dr. Ralph
Heinicke
Dr. Ralph Heinicke
Ralph Heinicke graduated
from Cornell University in 1936 with a special
interest in plant physiology. After completing his studies in
electrical
engineering at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, he went on
to
receive his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota. He
lived in Hawaii from 1950 to 1986, doing
research for the Dole Pineapple Company,
the Pineapple Research Institute, and the University of Hawaii.
The Origins of Xeronine
The first step in his
discovery of the active ingredients of the Morinda
citrifolia fruit was in his work at the Dole Pineapple Company. He
was
commissioned to find medicinal uses for an enzyme which was prevalent in
pineapple,
bromelain. Dr. Heinicke published articles in several scientific
journals
detailing the findings of his research. Since about 1972, Dr.
Heinicke
had been attempting to identify the unknown ingredient in
bromelain,
which he believed was actually responsible for the encouraging
results
of his clinical work. After many years of research, he eventually
identified
this ingredient as a new alkaloid to which he gave the name
"xeronine." In December 1981,
he patented xeronine as a new alkaloid.
The Path Leads to Morinda
Citrifolia
Because he was convinced of
the potential benefits as a result of his
research, Dr. Heinicke set out to find a food source that was high in
proxeronine
(the precursor to xeronine) that could be used as a food
supplement.
Living in Hawaii, he had heard of the many claims that had been
made
about the M. citrifolia plant, so he chose the fruit of this plant as
the
subject of his search for a xeronine supplement. He discovered that
this plant not only contains enormous amounts
of proxeronine, the precursor to
xeronine, but that it also contains the enzyme proxeronase that
facilitates
the conversion of proxeronine to xeronine in the body.
Morinda, Inc. and TAHITIAN
NONI* juice
Dr. Heinicke has spent most
of his life studying M. citrifolia and the
nature of its healthful properties, including xeronine and proxeronine.
He
is the world's leading expert on M. citrifolia. This is what he has to
say about Morinda Inc:
"Morinda
is the first company to bring Morinda citrifolia
juice
to the world and continues as the leader in M. citrifolia research and
expertise.
I have worked directly with Morinda's lab to continue the
research
I began into the healthful properties of M. citrifolia, including
xeronine
and its precursor, proxeronine. Morinda harvests M. citrifolia
exclusively
from French Polynesia, the source of the best quality M.
citrifolia
with the highest levels of proxeronine of any fruit in the world.
Morinda's exclusive proprietary processing
method uses the entire fruit and assures
that all of the healthful properties of M. citrifolia are included
in
their juice. I believe Morinda's TAHITIAN NONI* juice to be the best and
most abundant source of proxeronine available.
Morinda's TAHITIAN NONI* juice is
the only M. citrifolia juice I recommend and endorse."
-Dr.
Ralph Heinicke
If anybody is interested in Noni juice, please write me and ask me how to order
it:
jamesjpn@kt70com