CROTON THE TREE SUSPECTED TO CAUSE CANCER
In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees. Can someone shed some light please. -- Regards Memusi Communication is vital in this century....
nothing on Wikipedia about that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant) On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees.
Can someone shed some light please.
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@geoffrey ->Traditional uses Croton oil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_oil> has been used in traditional Chinese medicine <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine> to treat severe constipation since the seed of the plant can cause diarrhoea. It is a source of the organic compound phorbol<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol> and its tumor-promoting esters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate> . \On the wiki u pointed us to *_______________________________________________________________ We must Keep on, * On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:59 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com> wrote:
nothing on Wikipedia about that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees.
Can someone shed some light please.
-- Regards
Memusi
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tumor promoting ...not tumor causing .... soma hapa http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=390316 On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joe mwirigi <joemwirigi@gmail.com> wrote:
@geoffrey -> Traditional uses
Croton oil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_oil> has been used in traditional Chinese medicine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine> to treat severe constipation since the seed of the plant can cause diarrhoea. It is a source of the organic compound phorbol<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol> and its tumor-promoting esters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate> .
\On the wiki u pointed us to *_______________________________________________________________ We must Keep on, *
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:59 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
nothing on Wikipedia about that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees.
Can someone shed some light please.
-- Regards
Memusi
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Guys The species found in Kenya called *Croton megalocarpus* ( in Kikuyu we call that Mukinduri) ...... can do this It has recently been shown in Kenya <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya> that *Croton* nuts, such as those from *C. megalocarpus<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_megalocarpus&action=edit&redlink=1> *,[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)#cite_note-3> are a more economical source of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel> than * Jatropha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcas>*. In Kenya, Jatropha requires as much as 20,000 litres of water to make a litre of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_oil>, while *Croton* trees grow wild and yield about .35 litres of oil per kilo of nuts. *Croton* trees are planted as a windbreak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbreak> in Kenya and its use as a source of biofuel may benefit rural economies there. As arable land is under population pressure, people have been cutting down the windbreaks to expand farmland. This new use may save the windbreaks which should help fightdesertification<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification> . On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:21 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com> wrote:
tumor promoting ...not tumor causing .... soma hapa http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=390316
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joe mwirigi <joemwirigi@gmail.com> wrote:
@geoffrey -> Traditional uses
Croton oil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_oil> has been used in traditional Chinese medicine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine> to treat severe constipation since the seed of the plant can cause diarrhoea. It is a source of the organic compound phorbol<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol> and its tumor-promoting esters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate> .
\On the wiki u pointed us to *_______________________________________________________________ We must Keep on, *
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:59 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
nothing on Wikipedia about that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees.
Can someone shed some light please.
-- Regards
Memusi
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amazing truly is On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Joseph Maina <mainasoft00@gmail.com> wrote:
Guys
The species found in Kenya called *Croton megalocarpus* ( in Kikuyu we call that Mukinduri) ...... can do this
It has recently been shown in Kenya <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya> that *Croton* nuts, such as those from *C. megalocarpus<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_megalocarpus&action=edit&redlink=1> *,[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)#cite_note-3> are a more economical source of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel> than *Jatropha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcas>*. In Kenya, Jatropha requires as much as 20,000 litres of water to make a litre of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_oil>, while *Croton* trees grow wild and yield about .35 litres of oil per kilo of nuts. *Croton* trees are planted as a windbreak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbreak> in Kenya and its use as a source of biofuel may benefit rural economies there. As arable land is under population pressure, people have been cutting down the windbreaks to expand farmland. This new use may save the windbreaks which should help fightdesertification<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification> .
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:21 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
tumor promoting ...not tumor causing .... soma hapa http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=390316
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joe mwirigi <joemwirigi@gmail.com>wrote:
@geoffrey -> Traditional uses
Croton oil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_oil> has been used in traditional Chinese medicine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine> to treat severe constipation since the seed of the plant can cause diarrhoea. It is a source of the organic compound phorbol<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol> and its tumor-promoting esters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate> .
\On the wiki u pointed us to *_______________________________________________________________ We must Keep on, *
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:59 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
nothing on Wikipedia about that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees.
Can someone shed some light please.
-- Regards
Memusi
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Ing'olelwe ama ising'olewe. Who will prove this to my villagemates. On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:05 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com> wrote:
amazing truly is
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Joseph Maina <mainasoft00@gmail.com>wrote:
Guys
The species found in Kenya called *Croton megalocarpus* ( in Kikuyu we call that Mukinduri) ...... can do this
It has recently been shown in Kenya <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya> that *Croton* nuts, such as those from *C. megalocarpus<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_megalocarpus&action=edit&redlink=1> *,[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)#cite_note-3> are a more economical source of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel> than *Jatropha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcas>*. In Kenya, Jatropha requires as much as 20,000 litres of water to make a litre of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_oil>, while *Croton* trees grow wild and yield about .35 litres of oil per kilo of nuts. *Croton* trees are planted as a windbreak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbreak> in Kenya and its use as a source of biofuel may benefit rural economies there. As arable land is under population pressure, people have been cutting down the windbreaks to expand farmland. This new use may save the windbreaks which should help fightdesertification<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification> .
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:21 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
tumor promoting ...not tumor causing .... soma hapa http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=390316
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joe mwirigi <joemwirigi@gmail.com>wrote:
@geoffrey -> Traditional uses
Croton oil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_oil> has been used in traditional Chinese medicine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine> to treat severe constipation since the seed of the plant can cause diarrhoea. It is a source of the organic compound phorbol<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol> and its tumor-promoting esters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate> .
\On the wiki u pointed us to *_______________________________________________________________ We must Keep on, *
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:59 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
nothing on Wikipedia about that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees.
Can someone shed some light please.
-- Regards
Memusi
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kwani there are people who eat these nuts or trees? how would it cause cancer just growing on your fence? On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
Ing'olelwe ama ising'olewe.
Who will prove this to my villagemates.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:05 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
amazing truly is
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Joseph Maina <mainasoft00@gmail.com>wrote:
Guys
The species found in Kenya called *Croton megalocarpus* ( in Kikuyu we call that Mukinduri) ...... can do this
It has recently been shown in Kenya <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya> that *Croton* nuts, such as those from *C. megalocarpus<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_megalocarpus&action=edit&redlink=1> *,[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)#cite_note-3> are a more economical source of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel> than *Jatropha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcas>*. In Kenya, Jatropha requires as much as 20,000 litres of water to make a litre of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_oil>, while *Croton* trees grow wild and yield about .35 litres of oil per kilo of nuts. *Croton* trees are planted as a windbreak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbreak> in Kenya and its use as a source of biofuel may benefit rural economies there. As arable land is under population pressure, people have been cutting down the windbreaks to expand farmland. This new use may save the windbreaks which should help fightdesertification<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification> .
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:21 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
tumor promoting ...not tumor causing .... soma hapa http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=390316
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joe mwirigi <joemwirigi@gmail.com>wrote:
@geoffrey -> Traditional uses
Croton oil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_oil> has been used in traditional Chinese medicine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine> to treat severe constipation since the seed of the plant can cause diarrhoea. It is a source of the organic compound phorbol<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol> and its tumor-promoting esters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate> .
\On the wiki u pointed us to *_______________________________________________________________ We must Keep on, *
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:59 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
nothing on Wikipedia about that
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant)
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
> In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes > cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees. > > Can someone shed some light please. > > -- > Regards > > Memusi > > Communication is vital in this century.... > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >
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Ising'olewe, whether its cancer promoting or not (tumour promoters are not able to form tumours, they just stimulate existing ones to grow) I don't think growing it in your compound will cause any harm. We have lots of them at shags and no one has gotten cancer there. Infact the sap of this tree we use to dress cuts n bruises. Ian On 9 January 2012 22:28, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
kwani there are people who eat these nuts or trees? how would it cause cancer just growing on your fence?
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
Ing'olelwe ama ising'olewe.
Who will prove this to my villagemates.
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:05 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
amazing truly is
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Joseph Maina <mainasoft00@gmail.com>wrote:
Guys
The species found in Kenya called *Croton megalocarpus* ( in Kikuyu we call that Mukinduri) ...... can do this
It has recently been shown in Kenya<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya> that *Croton* nuts, such as those from *C. megalocarpus<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Croton_megalocarpus&action=edit&redlink=1> *,[4] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_%28plant%29#cite_note-3> are a more economical source of biofuel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biofuel> than *Jatropha <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_curcas>*. In Kenya, Jatropha requires as much as 20,000 litres of water to make a litre of biofuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatropha_oil>, while *Croton* trees grow wild and yield about .35 litres of oil per kilo of nuts. *Croton* trees are planted as a windbreak <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windbreak> in Kenya and its use as a source of biofuel may benefit rural economies there. As arable land is under population pressure, people have been cutting down the windbreaks to expand farmland. This new use may save the windbreaks which should help fightdesertification<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification> .
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:21 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
tumor promoting ...not tumor causing .... soma hapa http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary?cdrid=390316
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:40 PM, joe mwirigi <joemwirigi@gmail.com>wrote:
@geoffrey -> Traditional uses
Croton oil <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_oil> has been used in traditional Chinese medicine<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_medicine> to treat severe constipation since the seed of the plant can cause diarrhoea. It is a source of the organic compound phorbol<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol> and its tumor-promoting esters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate> .
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On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:59 PM, geoffrey gitagia <ggitagia@gmail.com>wrote:
> nothing on Wikipedia about that > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croton_(plant) > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes >> cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees. >> >> Can someone shed some light please. >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Memusi >> >> Communication is vital in this century.... >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skunkworks mailing list >> Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke >> ------------ >> List info, subscribe/unsubscribe >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks >> ------------ >> >> Skunkworks Rules >> http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 >> ------------ >> Other services @ http://my.co.ke >> > > > > -- > GG > > > > _______________________________________________ > Skunkworks mailing list > Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke > ------------ > List info, subscribe/unsubscribe > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks > ------------ > > Skunkworks Rules > http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 > ------------ > Other services @ http://my.co.ke >
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Problem with Africa is that there is little research, unless some mzungu walks in to do the research. Research, while we can have a simpler routine career ? At least , someone should have done research just to disapprove this, for the sake
There "could" be some truth... The wikipedia page for croton does have this little gem "*It is a source of the organic compound phorbol <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phorbol> and its tumor-promoting esters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate> *". (emphasis mine). Most tumors are cancerous iirc. GP On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Memusi <tonatech@gmail.com> wrote:
In my community there is some rumours that this tree causes cancer.This has led to a massive destruction of this kind of trees.
Can someone shed some light please.
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