SK3 Group, Inc.'s (OTC Pink: SKTO) (the "Company") through Mr. David Hoye, developer of the Dharmanol(TM) product line for Berkeley Bio-organic Research Laboratories, announced a new product line Dharmanol(TM) Citrolene. The conference call can be heard on the Company's web site, www.medicalgreens.com.
Mr. Hoye noted the following: "D-Limonene is one of the most important terpenes found in cannabis/hemp. It has shown significant anti-cancer properties in a number of studies." Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute says:
"Animal studies show activity of D-limonene against pancreatic, stomach, colon, skin, and liver cancers. Data also indicate that D-limonene slows the promotion/progression stage of carcinogen-induced tumors in rats. The chemopreventive activity of D-limonene may be via inhibition of inflammation, oxidative stress and Ras-signaling as well as the induction of pro-apoptotic state in a mouse model of skin tumorigenesis."
There are a number of studies showing possible efficacy of D-limonene against various forms of cancer, utilizing various mechanisms. 18 of these studies can be found on the Sloan-Kettering website, which is here:
http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/herb/d-limonene
Along with many studies on treating cancer with D-limonene, other studies have shown that the molecule attaches to the same receptor sites in humans as benzodiazepines such as Valium and Xanax. It is suggested that D-limonene stimulates these sites in the same manner that cannabis stimulates the Anandamide receptors in the human body. Because the relaxing and depressive effects of Valium and Xanax are well known, it is thought that natural chemicals stimulating the same receptors will have similar actions, but with greatly reduced toxicity.
D-Limonene is thought to be responsible for much of the relaxing effects of smoked cannabis. These effects are often absent in refined cannabinoid extracts which have many of the elements of the plant removed.
A substantial dose of D-limonene is present in Dharmanol Citrolene. When combined with the CBD, mixed cannabinoid carboxylates, and the steam-extracted terpene mixture that compromises the basic Dharmanol formula, D-limonene helps to provide much of the synergistic "whole plant" effect that many patients have found to be far superior to refined preparations where many of the essential elements of the plant are removed and discarded.
Mr. Hoye concluded, "While the cannabinoids are only to be found in marijuana / hemp, many of the terpenes are found in a wide variety of different plants. The D-limonene in Dharmanol (TM) is identical to that in all varieties of cannabis, but is sourced from other plants. There is 250 mg. of food-grade D-limonene in every tablet."
