Protective Effects of Squid Ink Extracts

Posted On: January 14, 2010

As reported in Marine Drugs, researchers in China recently ran a study in mice to investigate the protective effects of squid ink in chemotherapy.

Although the squid ink extract had little effect on hemopoiesis of marrow in natural mice, elevation of antioxidant ability of the spleen in natural mice was induced by the marine extract, which implied that squid ink may be conducive to improved hemopoietic function of natural mice by improving the function of the spleen.

The data suggest that squid ink extract can protect the hemopoietic system from chemotherapeutic injury and could be employed to develop cell-protective drugs for use in clinical treatment of tumors.

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