Compounds in Tea may be able to replace protease inhibitors as a treatment for AIDS

Both caffeine and polyphenols from tea can have a dramatic effect in reducing the ability of the HIV virus to replicate and spread throughout the body.

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March 9, 2002
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Compounds in Tea May Be Able to Replace Protease Inhibitors as a Treatment For AIDS

Grouppe Kurosawa has published some essays on its web site on the use of powerful plant derived compounds as viable treatments for both HIV infections and cancer. It invites the public to read these essays.

Caffeine reduces the synthesis of the HIV virus in T cells by 94%. Polyphenols in green and black tea powerfully inhibit an enzyme complex called the proteasome. The proteasome is also an inadvertent target of HIV protease inhibitors; the inhibition of a key enzyme in this complex can completely account for the therapeutic properties of the current group of HIV protease inhibitors on the market. In one of their essays, Grouppe Kurosawa cites evidence that over 99.9% of HIV viruses isolated from volunteers in different stages of disease are already dead. If HIV protease inhibitors only inhibited the viral protease, as intended, these drugs would be therapeutically worthless. The inhibition of the proteasome by anti-HIV drugs was not anticipated by the pharmaceutical companies that developed them. It was a stroke of good fortune. Proteasome inhibitors interfere with the budding, maturation and infectivity of HIV. They also destroy virally infected cells, thereby drastically reducing the level of virus in the body. Unfortunately, the long-term use of these drugs leads to diabetes, hypertension, disorders in cholesterol and fat metabolism and a suppressed immune system.

According to Dr. Stephen Martin, Chief Scientist of Grouppe Kurosawa, hundreds of important scientific studies have been published on HIV and cancer that are never brought to the attention of the public. The caffeine study is a case in point. Youd think that if a simple compound like caffeine could reduce the synthesis of HIV by 94%, there would be some mention in the national news. Scientists conduct research and publish their results in scientific journals, documents not read by the public. They do not hold press conferences or otherwise call attention to their work. We dont have these constraints. If polyphenols in tea can inhibit the proteasome complex to the same extent as expensive, toxic synthetic drugs, we believe the public should be informed. It seems ridiculous to assert that a simple compound in tea might help control HIV; on the other hand, it seems equally absurd that a compound in tree bark, quinine, could kill the malaria parasite. But it does. Grouppe Kurosawa is attempting to bridge the large gap between the scientific community and the public. We are going to continue writing scientific essays on the use of natural medicines as treatments for acute and chronic disease. Perhaps someone will listen."

The URL that contains these essays on HIV is found at http://www.grouppekurosawa.com/hiv.html.

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