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decided to begin by marketing it
as a health-food product, thus
side-stepping the lengthy toxici-
ty-testing required for new drugs.
Despite minimal advertising,
Sambucol sold 30,000 bottles dur-
ing its first year, and Dr. Mum-
cuoglu received endless calls and
letters telling her what she al-
ready knew: that Sambucol cures
influenza within a couple of days.
Meanwhile, the research con-
tinued. "Our next priority was to
see whether Sambucol was ef-
fective against all strains of the
influenza virus," Dr. Mumcuoglu
says. "It takes about 10 years
years to develop immunity to
each new strain, but different
variants always emerge. Re-
searchers believe they develop
through fusion in animals."
One strain, for example, is
thought to have come through
farm pigs, contaminated with one
influenza virus from farmers, and
with a second from wild ducks.
Inside the pig-host, the two virus-
es fused into a new strain to
which there was no immunity —
and an influenza epidemic was
underway. Dr. Mumcuoglu and
her team have tested Sambucol
against seven different influen-
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found it effective against all of
them.With Sambucol a proven
anti-viral agent, the search has
now widened. Hadassah's On-
cology Laboratory has been test-
ing the elderberry ingredient
against certain cancers, in vit-
ro. In a series of experiments,
they have found that it stimu-
lates the immune response. In
Hadassah's Virology Lab, it has
been seen to inhibit the AIDS
virus. A clinical trial is now be-
ing set up, adding Sambucol to
other treatments given HIV-pos-
itive patients. Researchers are
also getting encouraging prelim-
inary results with Sambucol
against the herpes and Epstein-
Barr viruses.
Even though Sambucol is, of-
ficially, still no more than a
"health food," interest is snow-
balling overseas. Meanwhile, in
Israel, more and more people al-
ready know what the Health
Ministry has yet to concede: the
Sambucol is a powerful and ef-
fective remedy for influenza,
colds, fever, malaise, and all the
other unexplained aches and
pains which your family doctor
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"The idea is to encourage the
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