Science Newsfrom research organizationsCompound in magnolia may combat head and neck cancers
Honokiol, from magnolia bark, shuts down cancer cells in lab
Date: June 25, 2015
Source: Veterans Affairs Research Communications
Summary: As one of the compounds in magnolia extract, honokiol has been used for centuries in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine to treat anxiety and other conditions. More recently, scientists have been revealing its cancer-fighting properties.
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This topic has been of special interest to me this year. I'm just taking a modest 400mg/per/day of Magnolia Extract not the pure Honokiol, so as far as a total oral dose what I'm taking is on the low side compared to the studies I'm reading. Still deciding on its overall effectiveness and possible down sides but the research is encouraging suggesting very low toxicity. I take the Swanson brand Magnolia Extract, they claim 90% honokiol. A product called Honopure seems like the highest purified and refined honokiol for the retail market but I'll stick to the cheaper Swanson version.
I'm still evaluating its effectiveness for conditions not associated with cancers because honokiol works along several paths. I started taking honokiol back on May 11, 2015. It attracted my interest as an anti-inflammatory and SIRT 3 activator. I was mainly interested in what synergistic effects it might have with NAD boosting where most of you find my posts. I don't have anything totally conclusive yet but I have noticed changes in my BPH and Cherry Angioma's. (honokiol is a Angiogenesis Inhibitor) These are 2 recently identified areas researchers are examining that I hadn't originally recognized when I started supplementation and I am pleased to find they related to me directly.
This 2-thousand year-old folk remedy is now getting the pre-clinical research it deserves and the medical implications are far reaching.
This is yet another compelling anticancer property of honokiol. Nice find.
Personally, I had to stop using LiftMode honokiol/magnolol because it seemed to leave me feeling groggy. (Perhaps that was coincidental, but I'm not sure.) Have you noticed any mental effects from the Swanson stuff? Also, LiftMode smells like antique Japanese lacquered furniture, which I suppose is unsurpring, considering the origin of preindustrial lacquer. Is that how the Swanson stuff smells?
The LiftMode honokiol/magnolol is powdered and I considered this but the Swanson product claimed 90% Honokiol and its already broken down into 200mg capsules so the dosing seemed more consistent. I started with 1 capsule per/day for 2 months and now take 2 so my 400mg is recent but I don't feel groggy since I increased the dosage.
The LiftMode honokiol/magnolol as a powder source and it looked harder to know how much you were taking on a couple of fronts. I expect its possible it made you feel groggy, the Swanson product hasn't made me feel this way. I expect this could be dose and purity related. (65%+ Honokiol, 25%+ Magnolol, 95%+ Pure Total Lignans) Magnolol and Honokiol are both active compounds but I haven't deeply researched Magnolol yet and it appears the Magnolol content is a bit higher than the Swanson product.
How much do you suppose you were taking and for how long did you take it?