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The Xeronine System

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"The Xeronine System: A New Cellular Mechanism that Explains the Health Promoting Action of NONI and Bromelain", copyright 2001 by Ralph Heinicke, PhD., involves some extremely interesting biochemistry, and a very interesting sequence of events involving the failure, after some specific point in time, to extract a particularly useful component, once present, of commercial bromelain from Dole pineapple stems. This book may be particularly interesting/useful to people whose body is in a chronic inflammatory condition. What the author calls proxeronine may be one of very few alternatives which offer the hope of reversing such a condition. Two others, in my own opinion, may be infrared therapy devices like the Nanobeam 940, and certain types of micro-energy neurofeedback, like Neuro-Gen. His discoveries may provide important insight into the biochemistry of the mechanisms of action of these devices, and how they can have the remarkable effects observed.

Although the book is certainly not what I would call well-written, and much information is repeated in several areas and contexts, there may be remarkably few alternatives to learning something of the effects of these substances from an individual who has certainly been involved in their discovery, extraction, and characterization. I would have preferred a more concise story, and more citations and explanations to substantiate some of the conclusions. For me, however, it was definitely worth reading every word.

His concept of chemical "assemblages", ready made for specific kinds of reaction sequences, in which the active components may have extremely short lifetimes, is intriguing. It would go a long way toward explaining why some of these individual component pieces have been so illusive: they don't stick around long enough to be measured.

Of special interest may be the section, p 110, "Prostaglandin, Pain and the Xeronine-System", in which he describes the storage and release of proxeronine from the Golgi body within the cell, and its relationship to the production of prostaglandin, and the mechanism by which xeronine may block pain. He has just described a mechanism by which cells may generate "feelings" of pressure and pain to send to the central nervous system.

Another especially interesting and potentially very useful section is on the roles of nitric oxide, beginning on p. 176.

The author's conclusion: Xeronine is required to block pain. Proxeronine is required, along with lysozyme, for the production of xeronine. For a good source of proxeronine, drink Tahitian Noni juice rather than (canned) pineapple juice, today. However, he doesn't say exactly which today he is referring to, or why he believes that will continue to be a good source, given his experience with Dole, or why he doesn't believe other pineapple sources might not also be good. Many particulars are missing from the story. While I'm not qualified to vouch for the quality of his chemistry, I am somewhat disappointed by some of his conclusions that appear to be unsubstantiated.

A quote from the back cover, referring to the author: "He is the world's foremost expert on xeronine, an essential substance to all life that he believes plays a critical role in the future interpretation of how a cell works." It is exciting to read the story of history in the process of being made, however messy that may turn out to be. Very fascinating, cutting edge work in biochemistry, with very practical application to today's health and wellbeing.