According to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine, a compound found in citrus oil may help relieve dry mouth symptoms caused by radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients. The oil cells of citrus peel are rich in essential oils, about 0.5% to 2% of the fresh weight of the peel. The main ingredient of citrus essential oil is d-limonene (d-Limonene), and the main role for radioactive dry mouth is d-limonene.
This compound, called d-limonene, protects saliva cells of mice exposed to radiation therapy without weakening the effects of radiation on tumors. Researchers led by Julie Saiki have also shown that oral d-limonene can be transported to the salivary glands of the body. A series of experiments with mouse cells exposed to radiation showed that d-limonene reduced the concentration of aldehydes in adult and salivary stem and progenitor cells. Even when cells are treated for several weeks after radiation exposure, d-limonene can still improve its recovery ability, repair glandular structure and produce saliva. Mice receiving d-limonene and exposed to radiation also produced more saliva than mice not receiving d-limonene and exposed to radiation.
Vanenge makumi mana muzana muzana vemusoro nekenza yemukenza varwere vari kurapwa radiotherapy vanotambura ne xerostomia, iyo isingori kusagadzikana chete, asi zvakare inoita kuti zviomere varwere kutaura uye kumedza, uye zvinowanzoita kuti vatambure nemarwadzo emuromo kana kuora kwemeno, uye mune vamwe kesi Inogona kukonzera kurasikirwa kwezino. Zvakare, kunyangwe paine kuve nekumwe kupora mumakore mashoma ekutanga mushure mekurapwa, kana mate achinge atadza, anowanzo kukanganiswa kwehupenyu hwese. Kutsvagurudza kwakatevera kuri kuenderera, uye kana kuchishanda, mushonga unozoshandiswa zvakachengeteka kudzivirira mukanwa wakaoma munguva refu uye kuita kuti zvive nyore kuvarwere kutsungirira kurapwa nemwaranzi mushure mekurapwa uye kugadzirisa hupenyu.
