krebiozen

krebiozen
An extract from peach kernels, the composition of which has not been fully described but which gained notoriety in the 1960's and 1970's as a dubious but exploited remedy for cancer; currently not regarded as effective. [Ger. Krebs, crab, cancer]

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kre·bi·o·zen krə-'bī-ə-zən n a drug used in the treatment of cancer esp. in the 1950s that was of unproved effectiveness, is not now used in the U.S., and was of undisclosed formulation but was reported to contain creatine

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kre·bi·o·zen (krə-biґo-zən) a substance identified as creatine by the Food and Drug Administration, isolated from the blood of horses injected with Actinomyces bovis, claimed to be effective in the treatment of cancer; its sale is banned in the United States.

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