MIRACLE FRUIT SUPPORTING CANCER PATIENTS
STUDIES, PUBLISHED RESULTS AND ARTICLES
Clinical trial underway in Spain
Status - Recruiting
Estimated Study Completion Date - 30 July 2023
Effect of Dried Miracle Berry on the Olfactory-gustative Perception in Malnourished Cancer Patients.
Clinical trial underway in USA
Status - Recruiting
Estimated Study Completion Date - 30 April 2025
Treatment of taste alterations in chemotherapy patients using the "miracle fruit": Preliminary analysis of a pilot study
Publication: Journal of Clinical Oncology
https://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.e19523
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Pilot study of "miracle fruit" to improve food palatability for patients receiving chemotherapy
Publication: Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23022943/
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Synsepalum dulcificum and varied taste occurring postradiation trial
Publication: Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0194599812451426a168
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Complementary and integrative medicines used by cancer patients to cope with chemotherapy-related taste alterations
Publication: Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery
https://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-1795-en.html
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Smell and Taste Disorders Resulting from Cancer and Chemotherapy
Publication: Current Pharmaceutical Design
Note: To read this paper by three Australian healthcare professionals, you will need to purchase the pdf.
Miraculin is mentioned on page 7, 2nd paragraph.
http://www.eurekaselect.com/article/73732
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Synsepalum dulcificum
Publication: About Herbs, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/synsepalum-dulcificum
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Austin Health (Victoria, Aust.) trial into how Miraculin impacts sweet, bitter and metallic tastes*
https://www.facebook.com/AustinHealth/photos/%20a.369155516444021/3359019340790942/?type=3
https://cosa.e-newsletter.com.au/link/id/zzzz5d07243ae70c8034Pzzzz4d6ad53547393645/page.html
*Note: This study is temporarily on hold due to COVID-19 disruptions.
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Miracle Fruit and Chemotherapy
Publication: Tropical Fruit News. Vol 29 No. 3 March 1995 - Rare Fruit Council International Miami RFCI
https://www.growables.org/information/TropicalFruit/MiracleFruitRFCI3.htm
MIRACLE FRUIT AND CANCER
STUDIES AND PUBLISHED RESULTS
Miracle berry as a potential supplement in the control of metabolic risk factors in cancer
Publication: Journal of Antioxidants
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/9/12/1282
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Taste-modifying protein from miracle fruit
Publication: Science Journal
TASTE ISSUES IN CANCER PATIENTS
STUDIES AND PUBLISHED RESULTS
Drug-induced taste disorders
Publication: Drug Safety, The Official Journal of the International Society of Pharmacovigilance
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18302445/
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Metallic taste in cancer patients treated with chemotherapy
Publication: Cancer Treatment Reviews
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25499998/
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Metallic taste in cancer patients treated with systemic therapy: A questionnaire-based study
Publication: Nutrition and Cancer
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27925850/
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Taste and smell disturbances in cancer patients: A scoping review of available treatments
Publication: Supportive Care in Cancer
MIRACLE FRUIT ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES
STUDIES AND PUBLISHED RESULTS
Antioxidant-rich phytochemicals in miracle berry (Synsepalum dulcificum) and antioxidant activity of its extracts
Publication: Journal of Food Chemistry
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24491731
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Contents of phenolics and flavonoids and antioxidant activities in skin, pulp, and seeds of miracle fruit
Publication: Journal of Food Science
MIRACLE FRUIT IN DIABETES
COMPLETED STUDY - UNPUBLISHED
Clinical trial in USA
Status - Completed - Unpublished
Actual Study Completion Date - 31 December 2020