Amino acid SOLUTIONS FOR CANCER PATIENTS PARTIES.

摘要

This invention provides an amino acid solution for a patient with a cancer comprising essential amino acids, characterized in that the solution does not contain methionine which is a kind of essential amino acid; and a method of nourishing a patient with a cancer characterized by giving the patient the amino acid solution. The essential amino acids are leucine, valine, isoleucine, lysine, phenylalanine, threonine and tryptophan. The solution may also contain at least one nonessential amino acid selected from arginine, histidine, glycine, alanine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, proline, serine, tyrosine and ornithine; starch, sucrose, glucose, maltose, fructose, sorbital, xylitol, ascorbic acid, nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, thiamine, riboflavin, pyridoxine, menadione, biotin, folic acid, vitamin B12, inositol, sodium bisulphite and/or phosphoric acid. The solution may be administered in conjunction with known anti-cancer agent(s) e.g. Mitomycin C, 5-fluorouracil and neocarzinostatin.