Parkinson’s disease, osteoporosis and cancer
With the help of fermentation processes triggered by the effective microorganisms (Ems), the Japanese also developed a food to be included in the human diet. Scientific experiments have proven that its consumption protects the neurons in Parkinson’s disease (Datla et al. 2004), improves calcium absorption in osteoporosis (Ke et al. 2009) and destroys cancer cells (Chui et al. 2006). But this was only a springboard for the EM probiotics development, which was carried to a greater extent later on in Europe.
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Datla, K. P., Bennett, R. D., Zbarsky, V., Ke, B., Liang, Y. F., Higa, T., Bahorun, T., Aruoma, O. I., Dexter, D.T. (2004). The Antioxidant Drink Effective Microorganism-X (EM-X) Pre-treatment Attenuates the Loss of Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Neurons in 6-Hydroxydopamine-lesion Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 56(5): 649-54.
Chui, C. H., Hau, D. K., Lau, F. Y., Cheng, G. Y., Wong, R. S., Gambari, R., Kok, S. H., Lai, K. B., Teo, I. T., Leung, T. W., Higa, T., Ke, B., Tang, J. C., Fong, D. W., Chan, A. S. (2006). Apoptotic Potential of the Concentrated Effective Microorganism Fermentation Extract on Human Cancer Cells. International Journal of Molecular Medicine. 17(2): 279-84.
Ke, B., Xu, Z., Ling, Y., Qiu, W., Xu, Y., Higa, T., Aruoma, O. I. (2009). Modulation of Experimental Osteoporosis in Rats by the Antioxidant Beverage Effective Microorganisms-X (EM-X). Biomed Pharmacother. 63(2): 114-9.